Big Tech’s data center boom poses new risk to US grid operators - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Big Tech’s data center boom poses new risk to US grid operators - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

BOSTON — Data Center Alley, a 30-square-mile stretch outside Washington D.C. and home to more than 200 data centers, consumes roughly the same electricity as Boston. So power company officials were alarmed when a big chunk of those centers - 60 of them - suddenly dropped off the grid one day last summer and switched to on-site generators.

Ecological threat or strategic advantage ? While some experts warn about the environmental impact of data centers, others see it as a historical opportunity, which could accelerate decarbonation.

Big Tech’s data center boom poses new risk to US grid operators

By Tim McLaughlin

Data Centers Seek Engineers Amid a Talent Shortage

The rapid development of AI is fueling a data center boom, unlocking billions of dollars in investments to build the infrastructure needed to support data- and energy-hungry models. Amazon, Microsoft, and Google are among the key players backing large-scale AI projects, betting that new data centers will create jobs. In the United States, the Trump administration announced in late January the US $500 billion Stargate Project, a partnership with …

With the booming rise in digital technology, data centres have established themselves as critical infrastructures for the global economy, fuelling artificial intelligence, cloud computing and video streaming, transforming the way we consume and store data. But this unbridled growth poses a new critical challenge for network operators in the United States: the impact of their sudden disconnections on the stability of the electricity grid. An inci…

Date-centers create risks to US power grid - The Times Hub

~ ~ ~ ~ In July last year in Fairfax, Virginia, known as & laquo; Date-Center Date & raquo; reports Reuters. About 60 Data Centers serving Giants such as Microsoft, Google and […]