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Trump Announces AI Data Center Power Pledge

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Public Discourse · Bluesky · this story as of 8d ago
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8d ago Trump targets Iran's power grid as Hormuz traffic collapses to 18% of normal Day 130 of Hormuz closure: 7-day avg 16.4 ships/day (-76.0% vs pre-closure norm) #StraitOfHormuz #OOTT #Shipping #Geop… -5.0
8d ago trump will threaten to take out Canada’s power grid if the smoke doesn’t stop, but don’t worry, taco -6.0
9d ago The U.S. has not yet been confirmed to have attacked Iran’s electrical grid, but Trump is explicitly threatening to do so. Unless I missed something. -7.5
9d ago "Peak negotiating skills" right here. Trump thought threatening Iran’s power grid was a flex, but his escalation just greenlit the Houthis to hold global oil shipping hostage at Bab el-Mandeb. His … -7.5
9d ago * REUTERS: IRAN PREPARING TO CLOSE RED SEA IF TRUMP HITS POWER GRID - w/ Trita Parsi & Mario Nawfal July 16, 2026 * -6.0
9d ago Iran to Yemen’s Houthis: Close Red Sea’s Bab el-Mandeb strait. By deploying drones and missiles near the critical shipping lane, Tehran aims to leverage global economic panic and energy shortages t… -6.0
9d ago 23/ NY Gov Meltdown. Governor Kathy Hochul signed the country first executive order banning new data centers for a year to protect the power grid. Trump rushed to social media to rage, screaming th… ×2 -4.5
10d ago Lies, lies, all lies, Mr. Trump. They don’t provide many jobs and they really don’t provide service to a community…unless you believe that noise pollution and the harmful effect to our Texas water … -6.0
8d ago A lot of the data center protesting in my area is "our electric grid is already struggling" and "they're going to have [large number I haven't been able to source properly] diesel generators and th… ×2 -1.5
8d ago Countries w/the most data centers. Notice how many in China w/pop. @ 1.4 bill. vs US w/pop. @ 350 mill. US power grid lacks ability for demand increase, H2O shortages, unregulated mass surveillanc… -4.0
8d ago Warren City Council just voted unanimously to impose a one-year moratorium on new data centers to safeguard the local electrical grid and environment! Read the full story #WarrenCityMacombCounty … +3.0
8d ago Hope it’s not data centres that employ few people, bring minimal local benefit and overload our electricity grid. -3.0
8d ago seems like if New York’s electric grid is already struggling to keep up with current demand, then we should not be forced to accommodate data centers when they can be built nearly anywhere else in … -4.0
8d ago LOL then they will own power plants to contole the power grid to so they will own your data and info and the power grids lol. WOW the population is not very smart are they. -5.0
8d ago #Datacentres aren’t just huge energy consumers; they are also testing the power grid in new ways, through unpredictable demand. spectrum.ieee.org/data-centers... -1.0
8d ago 📰 #Finance "Spain and Portugal are experiencing a significant data center boom, but constraints around electrical grid capacity, network access and permitting are slowing the pace of new project d… ×2 -3.0
8d ago Ireland is possibly the world leader in the use of its resources by data centres. We have about a hundred on a small island, nearly 25% of the output of our entire electrical grid is taken up by th… -1.0
8d ago Spain, Portugal Data Center Boom Faces Electrical Grid Bottlenecks #FinanceMastering ×2 -2.5
8d ago BREAKFAST LINKS 7/17/26: VRE wins $25 million for L’Enfant, fourth track work. Data center developer appeals Montgomery County moratorium. Data centers, heat test the region’s power grid. ×2 -1.0
8d ago A $16B AI data center project by OpenAI and Oracle in a Michigan farming town is uniting local Democrats and Republicans in a rare bipartisan revolt. The 250-acre facility is drawing intense backla… ×2 -4.0
8d ago A few years ago, my parents wouldn't shut up about how our electrical grid can't handle EVs. They live in a rural town where I've never seen an EV. But if the power went out, they blamed it on EVs.… -4.0
9d ago Let's just keep building data centers when we don't have the supply to support the increasing demand. And then throw in heatwaves and a power grid in desperate need of modernization. Yea, sounds… -7.0
9d ago The only thing being fueled and peddled is an attempt to fear monger. China isn't fueling a damn thing. Taxpaying residents oppose data centers for many reasons - heavily polluting the air and noi… -6.0
9d ago 🔎 As demand from data centers continues to grow, FERC is taking a closer look at how those facilities connect to the electric grid. American households should not pay the hidden costs associated wi… ×2 -3.0
9d ago Florida can lead in innovation without sacrificing our neighborhoods, our water, or our power grid. That’s why as Governor I'd enact a moratorium on data center construction. Join our campaign for … ×2 +3.0
9d ago 🌎 Story of the Day: New Jersey is letting data centers fund home energy upgrades to help reduce overall demand on the power grid. +4.0
9d ago "The people of Pennsylvania have paid $492 million in upgrades to the electricity grid that went to support data centers." @spears.bsky.social lays it out for @cnbc.com youtu.be/q5XP8xDcRJE?... -3.0
9d ago Yes solar panels, but also double the cost of electricity that needs to be used by these data centers! Or provide all their own electric independently off the local power grid! -3.0
9d ago 3) And new laws wouldn’t dictate the technological solution. (As I’ve said from the start) they would limit the impacts of large data centers (on the power grid, the water supply, and the environment) +2.0
9d ago Data centers are one of the biggest issues facing our district. They bring real economic opportunities, but they also place enormous demands on our power grid, water supply, infrastructure, and loc… +0.5

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