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US grid operator PJM proposes forcing data center off the grid during emergencies
www.reuters.com/business/energy/pjm-proposes-plan-buy-more-power-data-centers-2026-08-13/
PJM Interconnection, the biggest U.S. grid operator, proposed on Thursday a new framework that would force data centers to use back-up generators when electricity supply on the grid approaches dangerously low levels.
Yeah that’s not better. Not to mention, how do we know if the datacenter is just hosting AI garbage, or your local hospital’s servers?
That hospital bit sounds like an exploitable loophole:
“A percentage of our data here is critical hospital infrastructure, so we are exempt from the power grid limitations!”
(0.02% of data considered “critical”)