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Data centers are the leading cause of a 76% increase in the cost of electricity for America's largest power grid over just the first 3 months of this year, according to Bloomberg. The 13-state grid managed by PJM serves 67 million people, and costs have spiked this year. This time last year the cost of electricity on this grid was $77.78 per megawatt-hour. Now that cost has almost doubled to $136.53 per megawatt-hour. Bloomberg attributes that skyrocketing cost to the "booming demand from artificial intelligence data centers, which require vast amounts of energy and are putting a significant burden on America’s aging power grids." Full story: bloomberg.com/news/articles/….
Zohran Mamdani has turned blocks in front of 50 NYC public schools into car-free ‘Soccer Streets’ where children can play in celebration of the upcoming World Cup.
Elon musk is about to get charged in France for election rigging.. yeah. Election rigging… you don’t think… nahhhh
BREAKING: Daryl Morey is out as president of basketball operations with the Philadelphia 76ers, per @ShamsCharania Head Coach Nick Nurse is safe and will be the Sixers coach next season.
A new investigation reveals Republican officials in Georgia covered up a massive forever chemical leak for nearly 20 years. The state ignored warnings of "staggeringly high" PFAS levels in drinking water in 2008, 2023, 2016, and 2019, refusing to warn the public or punish the companies responsible.
