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AI Needs So Much Energy It's Distorting US Power for Homes

12 pointsby mfiguiere5 months ago

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quantified5 months ago
Is there even one mention of Bitcoin or other blockchain activity? Its demand on the grid was of interest before FTX, and in 2025 it looks to be back with a vengeance. AI is larger than blockchain, it appears, but they add together.
bell-cot5 months ago
Being a serious business publication, you might think that Bloomberg would tell you about ways to protect your own home or business from problems caused by lower-quality power. (Short of buying out your local grid operator, or going totally off-grid.)<p>Nope. The article is a pure &quot;click and feel helpless&quot; FUD-fest.<p>If that doesn&#x27;t appeal - then there <i>are</i> a pretty wide variety of surge suppressors, power line conditioners, isolation transformers, etc. that one could buy.<p>And probably a fair number of EE&#x27;s here on HN, who might (please?) chime in on what - if anything - a reasonable consumer should do about this...
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