#энергетика
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California makes AI data centers pay for grid and water strain
Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a package of seven bills to keep data center operators from shifting their electricity and water costs onto the state's residents.
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Google to Invest €13bn in Finland and Buy Up Half a Nuclear Plant for AI
Google's largest investment in Europe includes three new data centres and a 22-year contract for half the output of Finland's Loviisa nuclear plant.
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EPA Exempts “Islanded” Data-Center Power Plants from Anti-Pollution Law
The US Environmental Protection Agency has clarified that its acid rain program does not cover generation that is not connected to the common grid. The move is meant to speed up the build-out of power supply for data centers.
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Hackers Breached the OT Network of a Polish CHP Plant Through a Private APN
CERT Polska has disclosed details of a second attack on Poland's energy sector: for the first time in the world, the attackers used a private mobile APN network as a route into the industrial network of a small combined heat and power plant.
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Amazon's Texas Data Center to Get One of the Dirtiest Power Sources in the U.S.
For a new data center in West Texas, Amazon has invested in a gas-fired power plant that is permitted to emit up to 33 million tons of CO2 a year — more than the country's largest coal plant.
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Texas Puts New Data Centers on Hold and Demands Audits
Governor Greg Abbott has ordered that all new data-center projects undergo review by regulators and the grid operator. The state, long reputed to be a developer's paradise, is now facing the threat of overload.
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The Largest US Power Grid Will Be Saved from Blackouts by Switching Off Data Centers
Grid operator PJM Interconnection has said that when capacity runs short it will begin temporarily cutting power to large data centers. The reason is the avalanche of new construction, which generation cannot keep pace with.
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Land for U.S. Data Centers Is Now Being Seized Through Eminent Domain
America's AI-infrastructure boom has run into resident pushback: utilities are turning to eminent domain to run power lines across private property. 70% of Americans oppose having data centers as neighbors.
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The Fight Against Building AI Data Centers Is Only Just Beginning
The Verge notes that long before the artificial intelligence boom began threatening local power grids, discontent over the large-scale construction of data centers had already been building in nearby communities.