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Electricity - Data - Lake Tahoe
i think maybe i just figured something out:
The goal of these data centers ISN’T “control of data”…it IS “control of the power” (electric)
When a single company can shut off a city, selling instead to a single “data-center”/“actually now a power control center”…that’s scary.
on edit:
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/05/energy-supplier-abandons-lake-tahoe-residents-to-serve-data-centers/