{"id":20033,"date":"2024-12-30T17:37:24","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T15:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/ai-data-centres-pose-potential-risks-to-us-power-grids\/"},"modified":"2024-12-30T17:37:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T15:37:24","slug":"ai-data-centres-pose-potential-risks-to-us-power-grids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/ai-data-centres-pose-potential-risks-to-us-power-grids\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Data Centres Pose Potential Risks to US Power Grids"},"content":{"rendered":"

The proliferation of data centres powering artificial intelligence could lead to issues within the US power system, according to a new report by Bloomberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The agency found that more than half of households experiencing the most severe power distortions are located within 32 km of major data centres<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Experts analysed 1 million sensors in residential homes, monitored by Whisker Labs<\/span>, along with market analytics from DC Byte<\/span>. There appears to be a correlation between the proximity of a data centre and disruptions in the power flow. <\/p>\n

Bloomberg asserts that such power supply issues could lead to appliance failures, increase the risk of fires, and cause blackouts. AI-powered data centres may become more problematic due to their unstable energy demands.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNo power grid is designed to handle such load fluctuations for one or more data centres at a time,\u201d commented Bloom Energy’s Chief Commercial Officer Aman Joshi.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A representative from Commonwealth Edison, the largest energy company in Illinois, expressed strong doubts about the accuracy and assumptions underlying Whisker Lab’s claims.<\/p>\n

Back in July, Bernstein warned of potential power shortages<\/a> in the US due to AI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The proliferation of data centres powering artificial intelligence could lead to issues within the US power system, according to a new report by Bloomberg. The agency found that more than half of households experiencing the most severe power distortions are located within 32 km of major data centres. Experts analysed 1 million sensors in residential […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[438,504,26],"class_list":["post-20033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-energy","tag-usa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"35","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}