Id never read about what transformers are - I know there is one in downtown toronto that every so often is knocked out of commission by a squirrel, leading to a power blackout, and Ive wondered how the system can be so fragile
US grid vulnerability due to key interconnect substations has been known for 10 years. Lack of enough spare critical component LPTs has been known for 20 years.
Now look at these "data center" build outs. Permitted and built to handle HV power and to treat large water volumes. Matched with the same companies acquiring large power generation assets to match. They say it's for AI but projecting electrical requirements for software without showing what
Consider that these are substations for a private grid. And that the public grid never seems to have this critical vulnerability fixed because it's meant to be replaced. That in the near future there will be a "realization" by tech companies they overbuilt followed by a power grid "failure" causing a national emergency. There's even a way of doing it under the cover of a geostorm that would generate the same signature GICs and gives plausible deniability.
Q: How do you coerce a nation into smart cities?
A: Be the only ones with the lights on and clean water.
Id never read about what transformers are - I know there is one in downtown toronto that every so often is knocked out of commission by a squirrel, leading to a power blackout, and Ive wondered how the system can be so fragile
I had to put some things behind the paywall and unfortunately the mechanics of a dramatically improved piston engine was one of them.
US grid vulnerability due to key interconnect substations has been known for 10 years. Lack of enough spare critical component LPTs has been known for 20 years.
Now look at these "data center" build outs. Permitted and built to handle HV power and to treat large water volumes. Matched with the same companies acquiring large power generation assets to match. They say it's for AI but projecting electrical requirements for software without showing what
Consider that these are substations for a private grid. And that the public grid never seems to have this critical vulnerability fixed because it's meant to be replaced. That in the near future there will be a "realization" by tech companies they overbuilt followed by a power grid "failure" causing a national emergency. There's even a way of doing it under the cover of a geostorm that would generate the same signature GICs and gives plausible deniability.
Q: How do you coerce a nation into smart cities?
A: Be the only ones with the lights on and clean water.
Why is the USA not able to import more transformers? Nobody in the world increased supply?