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Power and Grids
US utilities asked for $18.6 billion in rate increases in just six months, and AI data centers are driving the bill
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Household bleach more than doubled the output of a saltwater grid battery
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Data centres are pushing US power use to a record, and your bill is going with it
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Geothermal wells can tap heat deep underground to run a city’s power
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A giant grid transformer can take a year or more to replace after it fails
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The Hoover Dam’s turbines still power millions across the desert Southwest
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A new forecast warns two-thirds of the power promised to AI data centers may never actually get built
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A Carrington-level solar storm today could knock out power grids for months
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Everett Sloane
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A planned Texas megacomplex would draw 11 gigawatts from nuclear, gas, solar and wind
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Everett Sloane
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The world’s largest battery can now store enough power for hundreds of thousands of homes
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8 of the biggest hydroelectric dams on the planet
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A Carrington-level solar storm could knock out the power grid for months, and one nearly hit in 2012
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Your power bill is climbing partly because AI data centers now draw as much power as whole states
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