America’s largest power grid has struggled to cope with an onslaught of data centers. Now, after an auction to add more generation capacity failed, grid operator PJM Interconnection has said it will take data centers and other large users offline during power outages. The decision comes as the breakneck pace of data center construction has
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for “House of the Dragon” Season 3, Episode 3, now streaming on HBO Max. Daeron Targaryen (Benjamin Evan Ainsworth) is growing up: In this week’s episode of the third season of “House of the Dragon,” the youngest (and less blonde) son of Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) and Viserys Targaryen
This week a power line went down outside Washington, DC. Normally, the grid would only need a few seconds to recover from such an event. But this took more than 10 minutes because more than 3 gigawatts of data centers stopped consuming power almost simultaneously. The event caused voltage on PJM’s grid to spike from
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When Lady Gaga first ascended to supernova celebrity, with the release of “The Fame” in 2008, there was a time when she kept her face hidden, under the elaborate masks she wore in videos and even in interviews, in which she also appeared masked. It was an elaborate act of camouflage, but the ruse worked.
Many years ago, the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 gained notoriety when its batteries caught fire in a series of incidents. Since then there has been a steady stream of similar, albeit isolated, incidents. However, despite the high-profile coverage of batteries gone wrong, the vast majority of lithium-ion batteries are safe. The chemical reaction that occurs