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  Last summer, a little-known but major incident rocked Data Center Alley, a thirty-square-mile hub outside Washington, D.C., that houses over two hundred data centers. This powerhouse region, consuming as much electricity as the entire city of Boston, suddenly saw ...

  Bracing for Blackouts As the summer of 2025 approaches, the stability of the U.S. power grid remains a pressing concern. With extreme weather forecasts, an aging infrastructure, increased cyberattack threats, and politically motivated sabotage, the risk of blackouts and ...

  Surprising Revival of a Cross-Border Power Threat Doug Ford, Ontario’s Conservative Premier, has once again threatened to cut off the province’s electricity exports to the United States. The remark mirrors a threat he first made in 2018 at the ...

  LiFePO₄ Ushers in the Next Generation of Lithium Batteries Concerns about battery safety have lingered in the public consciousness ever since reports emerged of older lithium-ion packs catching fire in phones, laptops, and even electric cars. Those early lithium-ion ...

  Investing in Energy Independence: Why Now Is the Perfect Time to Buy a Solar Generator As energy demands grow and our society increasingly relies on technology, concerns about the reliability and resiliency of the power grid have never been ...

  A fierce bout of wintry weather has plunged large swaths of the United States into a deep freeze, raising questions about energy reliability and sparking fresh debate over how prepared power grids really are for extreme conditions. The polar ...

  Unusual Surge in Electrical Faults Precedes Wildfires A sudden spike in the Los Angeles power grid caused electrical faults to emerge just hours before the last three large wildfires ignited. Whisker Labs, a company that monitors electrical activity, reported ...

  Space weather may sound like science fiction, but it’s very real and can cause serious problems for the electric power grid. When the Sun unleashes bursts of charged particles and magnetic fields, it starts a chain reaction in Earth’s ...

  Texans have long treasured their state’s hot summers and mild winters, but recent history has demonstrated that arctic conditions can deliver a harsh and unexpected blow. Meteorologists are now predicting another potential polar vortex, and as people across the ...

  Snow and ice storms often create both beauty and tragedy. And once we’re done admiring the crystalline eye candy, we’re forced to deal with the harsh reality of ice-covered power lines and roads that become treacherous skating rinks. Further, ...