'It's like we don't exist': Nearly 50,000 Lake Tahoe residents face power loss as utility redirects lines to data centers | Fortune

5 months ago by Alpha71 to c/fuck_ai

Roughly 49,000 Lake Tahoe residents could lose 75% of their power after their energy provider said it's directing energy to neighboring data centers.
Assassassin 68 points 5 months ago

They can't stop 50k people from burning down a data center

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bookmeat 21 points 5 months ago
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A_Random_Idiot 3 points 5 months ago

Some rich people tied to data centers too.

And you can make that a literally with just these few easy steps.

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nosuchanon 7 points 5 months ago

This is why the police works for the wealthy and not the people. Privatized security with nationalized costs. Not to mention “ICE” brownshirts, maga idiots, and the national guard.

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Murse 42 points 5 months ago

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dumnezero -13 points 5 months ago

ಠ_ಠ

is that AI slop?

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Murse 15 points 5 months ago

The image I posted? It's just a photo from the page trying to sell them. The actual product? No idea, but those types of stickers have been around well before the bullshit generators we're calling AI, so I'd guess no.

I'm not seeing any red flags... what about this one caught your attention?

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neukenindekeuken 10 points 5 months ago

Doesn't look like slop. Not everything on the internet is AI slop. Yet.

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unexposedhazard 40 points 5 months ago

Sounds like a great area for wind turbines, but those take a while to plan. Solar can be deployed really fast but idk how sunny it is there.

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cyberpunk007 10 points 5 months ago

FUCKIN WINDMILLS?! 👺

-Trump

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its_prolly_fine 6 points 5 months ago

It's California mountains so should be pretty sunny

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jballs 4 points 5 months ago

Nevada*

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Drusas 4 points 5 months ago

It straddles both states.

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IphtashuFitz 5 points 5 months ago

The article says the local utility already gets 25% of its electricity from solar panels it owns, but 75% from the provider that’s shutting them off next year…

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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 1 point 5 months ago

it really is fantastic for wind. solar is not fantastic for tahoe, but it's a decent latitude. mountainous terrain limits the available hours and they get more cloudcover than lower elevations.

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tae_glas 21 points 5 months ago

are there laws in the u.s. against an area crowdsourcing funds for creating a grid of solar panels / wind turbines / etc and providing the service that a nationalised electricity supplier should've already been providing? asking for a friend 🤔

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Diplomjodler3 22 points 5 months ago

If there aren't, I'm sure they're going to pass them, as soon as people start doing this in any number.

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lemmyman 6 points 5 months ago

Electric cooperatives are a thing

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greenskye 5 points 5 months ago

Yep. Just like they did when people started making community fiber ISPs

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tae_glas 2 points 5 months ago

probably. best to get everything organised & built asap while it's still possible, so!

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Serinus 4 points 5 months ago

If you want to be on the grid, absolutely. If you can be fully independent... still probably.

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Kaput 2 points 5 months ago

Lookup Hydro-Québec.

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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 1 point 5 months ago

i mean a few towns over they made it a law to put solar on every primary residence unless there was a financial exemption. they literally made a solar grid. they still get charged by the damn utility. line maintenance, etc. still has expenses. don't ask me, i am not running the books.

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albbi 19 points 5 months ago

We're going to need people like The Fox again.

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EggInDisguise 15 points 5 months ago

50,000 people with grudges and whatever tgey can find at home (remember they're Americans)

Vs

One databoi

Who wins?

I guess it depends on who is going to burn more easily.

Could always drag some power company execs around with horses and electric bikes. That will certainly send a message.

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TimboSlice 5 points 5 months ago

Don't forget the police will protect the corpos

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GreenKnight23 3 points 5 months ago
  1. one can freeon
  2. one road flare
  3. one roll of ductape
  4. one power pole
  5. 50,000 people

one bad night for any lineman.

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Etterra 13 points 5 months ago

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DavidGA 9 points 5 months ago

Paywall.

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Alpha71 -6 points 5 months ago

The title pretty much says it all.

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athatet 5 points 5 months ago

Very rarely.

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glimse 7 points 5 months ago

I like how they stick a giant, scrollable map in the middle of the article with only 2px on the side to drag and get past it

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CitizenKong 5 points 5 months ago

The slop must flow!

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Bloomcole 5 points 5 months ago

If only they lived in a country with massive gun culture and availability to defend their freedoms

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RememberTheApollo_ 3 points 5 months ago

Most of those counties voted red. Giving all these billionaires consequence-free abilities to take everything. Leopards having a snack.

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