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9d 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
9d ago Just on the heels of a 4-day power outage, to boot! -4.0
9d ago Not good is an understatement. Could the rise of wet-bulb events, and thus the increased use of air conditioning, further lead to stress on the electric grid? And would these wet-bulb events also c… -3.5
9d 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
9d ago Mr Global - America's Largest Power Grid Just Failed Again For the second year in a row, the largest grid in America failed to secure enough power. -5.5
9d ago In terms of our consumption, we are actually really good! Our electric grid is awesome, and relative to heating loads our emissions there are not too bad at all. 1/3 of our emissions are just pet… +2.5
9d ago [1/3] 2026-07-17 18:52:34 - 【42.527 million kilowatts! The "record high" load of Shanghai Power Grid two days ago has become history] The sustained high temperature weather has once again boosted t… -2.0
9d ago Published online: Just Labor Transition and the renewable energy-employment nexus: empirical evidence from OECD countries Hanbee Lee, Hyoung Yon Kim & Jihoon Shin The Hong Kong University of Sci… +2.0
9d ago I just awoke to the power outage and my Fitbit malfunctioning so I’m off kilter. -1.5
9d ago Meta's AI infra strategy is about physics, not just roadmaps. MTIA chips aim for 44% TCO cuts, yet power grid bottlenecks pose the real threat. Analyzing the vertical integration play: https://post… +1.5
10d 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
10d ago the 48 hour power outage fucked us over so bad financially this month, and it feels like the world keeps throwing out horrible things. like, i know the issues arent Targeting Me, but they're harm… -6.5
10d ago Here OMG yellow orange haze. Mon/Tues w humidiex it was 45 and I couldn't risk it being asthmatic & high bp so I didn't get to bike ride. Then I wake up to what tf? Today is better, this morning pl… -2.0
10d ago Speaking of, it looks as though the U.S. just targeted Iran's electrical grid. -8.0
10d ago Fox will! Now if there could just be a power outage there at just the right time!😏 -4.0
10d ago Already told them if they hit power grid. Not hard to imagine them just saying to use this instead. www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent... -2.5
10d 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
10d ago Canada's @Eavor Geothermal #2 in Time Magazine's Top 250 Cleantech Just finished a very successful "first of kind" project in Germany. Ready to scale. THIS should be the future of Canadian power… +6.5
10d ago America's Largest Power Grid Just Failed youtu.be/KJ10Cq56Xv4?... -6.5
10d ago #Iran just warned the #US: hit our power grid, and the #Red #Sea gets shut down. This isn't a new threat, it's a strategic response refined over 45 years of sanctions and covert military campaigns.… -6.5
10d ago Morn'n Jaye & Morning Lighters✨! Nothing resets me like a power outage. Coffee maker lifeless, internet has left the house. Only for 90m but it pushed me out into the yard cleaning, weeding, consid… +3.5
10d ago Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water... Iran tells Houthis to close the Bab el-Mandeb (cheers!) should U.S. strike Iran's power grid. The BAM has seen reduced traffic for years… -4.5
10d ago Lane County just released a groundbreaking Electric Grid Handbook that reveals vulnerabilities and opportunities to enhance our energy future—are we ready to tackle the challenges ahead? Click to… +3.0
11d ago JUST IN: Nearly half of Americans believe AI data centers drive up electricity & water costs while straining the power grid — Morgan Stanley -3.0
11d ago I am just glad they’ve been upgrading lines and trimming trees. We live in rural East Texas but are NOT on the ERCOT Texas power grid - which is a very good thing. Losing power in July or August ca… +2.5
11d ago Pretty sus that this power outage is affecting the entire area except for the massive data center just down the road 🤔 -2.0
11d ago oh HELL NO what the fuck do you mean POWER OUTAGE bitch it's 103 of god's own freedom degrees and you're going to make me suffer???? MY CATS TOO?? THE ICE I JUST BOUGHT IN MY FREEZER?? -8.0
11d ago They think we don't know. I'd like those construction workers employed repairing and upgrading all kinds of infrastructure, from roads to electrical grid, and building hospitals and homes. But that… +3.0
9d ago This is short term. He has been in power 18 months and Alberta’s referendum is this fall Not enough people are talking about massive expansion of Canada’s electricity grid that was announced by Ca… -1.0
10d ago #Iran is preparing options to widen the war into the Red Sea. Reuters reports that Iran has instructed Yemen’s Houthis to prepare to close Bab el-Mandeb if the U.S. attacks Iran’s electrical grid.… -6.0

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