Business Insider: ChatGPT uses 17,000 times the amount of electricity than the average US household does daily: report

ChatGPT Uses 17,000 Times More Electricity Than a US Household: Report (businessinsider.com) Lakshmi Varanasi  Mar 9, 2024, 8:14 PM EST ChatGPT is using up a lot more electricity than the average US household.LIONEL BONAVENTURE   ChatGPT uses more than half a million kilowatt-hours of electricity daily, Read More …

MSN report: Washington Post – America is running out of electricity as tech companies sap the country’s aging power grid

Amid record high energy demand, America is running out of electricity – The Washington Post Amid explosive demand, America is running out of power (msn.com) AI and the boom in clean-tech manufacturing are pushing America’s power grid to the brink.  Utilities can’t keep up. Story Read More …

Buckle Up Prince William County: MORE Transmission Lines

Dear Coalition friends and supporters, We want to impress upon you, and our Supervisors, the magnitude of transmission lines and substations that are gathering like a storm at our collective doorstep.  All for one undeniable reason. The Dominion Representative in Monday’s “stakeholder” meeting confirmed it Read More …

Dominion’s Massive “Extension Cord” for Data Centers through Gainesville and Brentsville districts

Barely five years after dealing with citizen uproar over multiple route possibilities cutting through communities for the Haymarket Transmission line, Dominion Energy is at it again. Dominion submitted the Daves Store Transmission line route to the SCC on Feb. 9, 2024 — completely ignoring citizen input. Read More …

PW Times: Prince William County is on track to become the world’s largest data center hub

Prince William County is on track to become the world’s largest data center hub | News | princewilliamtimes.com By Peter Cary Piedmont Journalism Foundation Feb 22, 2024 The Village Place Technology Park, under construction behind a townhome complex in Haymarket, is an example of data Read More …

Virginia Mercury: State lawmakers want to peel back the curtain at the nation’s biggest electrical grid operator

State lawmakers want to peel back the curtain at the nation’s biggest electrical grid operator – Virginia Mercury BY: ROBERT ZULLO – FEBRUARY 9, 2024 2:23 PM        A Dominion substation in New Kent County, Virginia. (Sarah Vogelsong / Virginia Mercury) Last year, Maryland state lawmaker Lorig Read More …

Data Center Dynamics: Nuclear-powered data center campus in Surry, Virginia, gets rezoning approval

Nuclear-powered data center campus in Surry, Virginia, gets rezoning approval – DCD (datacenterdynamics.com) Site will eventually house small modular nuclear reactors February 13, 2024 By Matthew Gooding  A nuclear-powered data center campus in Surry, Virginia, has moved a step closer to fruition after planners approved Read More …

Frederick News-Post: Proposed power grid upgrades driven by Va. data centers could cost Marylanders $500M

Proposed power grid upgrades driven by Va. data centers could cost Marylanders $500M | Economy & business | fredericknewspost.com By Gabrielle Lewis glewis@newspost.com Feb 13, 2024 Staff photo by Ric Dugan A crew from Telecon Services work on installation of innerduct for fiber optic cable Read More …

Newsweek: Want to Reduce Power Outages? Move Grids Underground, Says Energy Expert

Want to Reduce Power Outages? Move Grids Underground, Says Energy Expert (newsweek.com) By Adam Piore Published Feb 08, 2024 Extreme weather is revealing the vulnerability of the nation’s power grid—with increasingly catastrophic consequences. Downed power lines likely played a role in igniting both the deadly 2018 Read More …