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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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One Downed Power Line Exposed the Grid's Problem in the Age of AI Data Centers
A snapped transmission line outside Washington nearly triggered a failure in the largest power grid in the United States: more than three gigawatts of data centers dropped off the grid all at once, sending voltage swinging from Virginia to Chicago.