تخطط شركة طاقة مقرها نيفادا لوقف تزويد نحو 49 ألف نسمة من سكان منطقة بحيرة تاهو بالكهرباء بحلول مايو 2027، مما يضع المزود المحلي في كاليفورنيا في سباق مع الزمن لإيجاد بديل وسط تزايد الطلب من قبل مراكز البيانات.
تحصل شركة Liberty Utilities، التي تخدم الجانب التابع لولاية كاليفورنيا من بحيرة تاهو، حالياً على 75 بالمئة من طاقتها من شركة NV Energy. وقد أبلغت شركة المرافق في نيفادا شركة Liberty بأنها ستنهي الاتفاقية بحلول مايو 2027 لتوفير سعة لمشاريع مراكز بيانات جديدة في شمال نيفادا.
عبر المستخدمون عن إحباطهم من قيام شركة NV Energy بتحويل الطاقة من سكان بحيرة تاهو إلى مراكز البيانات، مع وجود مخاوف بشأن تأثير الطلب المدفوع بالذكاء الاصطناعي على الإمدادات المحلية، وسط مطالبات بإجراء تغييرات تنظيمية.
The fvck it isn't.
— Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft (@PalominoOMG) ١٤ مايو ٢٠٢٦
They have us on water restrictions here while a data center is being built that will use over 5M gallons PER DAY.
50,000 Nevada residents near Tahoe just found out they're cutting off their electricity to redirect it to a fvcking data center.
🦔NV Energy is ending its power supply agreement with Lake Tahoe by May 2027, citing data center demand in northern Nevada. 49,000 California residents who get their electricity through Liberty Utilities, which sources 75% of its power from NV Energy, now have one year to find a… pic.twitter.com/HLQlRxucUe
— Hedgie (@HedgieMarkets) ١٤ مايو ٢٠٢٦
As AI data centers boom in the Lake Tahoe area, the Sierra Nevada tourist hub faces an energy crisis due to the redirecting of power lines to support the massive data centers.
— VPol (@VocalPolitics1) ١٤ مايو ٢٠٢٦
￭ The region has become a fast-growing data center corridor in the US. Microsoft, Google, and Apple… pic.twitter.com/m8lXeQ0C4C
A Nevada utility just told 49,000 Lake Tahoe residents it's redirecting 75% of their power to AI data centers. Oregon now forces DCs to pay full grid costs. The data center ratepayer reckoning is here.#DataCenters #EnergyTransition
— SustInfra (@InfraSust) ١٤ مايو ٢٠٢٦
Nevada gave Vantage tax abatements to build a 224 MW data center that draws more power than all of Lake Tahoe. Now 49,000 Americans on the California side lose their power supplier so a subsidized AI campus can run. Taxpayers paid to displace ratepayers. https://t.co/7EdyGZ6fwa
— Sam Romain (@Sam_Romain) ١٤ مايو ٢٠٢٦
من إعداد الذكاء الاصطناعي صورة مولدة بواسطة الذكاء الاصطناعي
Tesla Energy Ventures has received approval from the UK energy regulator Ofgem to supply electricity to households and businesses across England, Scotland, and Wales. The licence, effective from March 11, 2026, allows the company to replicate its Texas electricity model despite public opposition linked to Elon Musk's political activities. This marks a key step in Tesla's expansion into the UK energy market after years of building infrastructure.
Tesla is constructing a $250 million battery energy storage system using Megapack units in Reno, Nevada. The facility will include 256 units arranged in 16 clusters. Sawyer Merritt first reported the project on April 3, 2026.
من إعداد الذكاء الاصطناعي
The Tennessee Valley Authority's board voted unanimously to extend the life of two coal plants and drop renewable energy as a priority during a February meeting. This decision follows the appointment of new members by President Trump and comes amid rising electricity demand from data centers. Critics argue it erodes the utility's environmental mission and bypasses public input.
Tesla, Google, and Carrier have formed the Utilize coalition with other companies to improve U.S. power grid utilization and potentially save consumers over $100 billion in the next decade. The group highlights that the grid operates at only 53% capacity on average, leading to higher electricity costs. Founding members aim to advocate for policies that unlock idle capacity through technologies like battery storage and virtual power plants.
من إعداد الذكاء الاصطناعي
Ratepayers of the Salt River Project in Arizona will vote on Tuesday for half of the utility's 14 board seats, in a contest between clean energy advocates and pro-fossil fuel backers. The election could shift control toward more solar, batteries and nuclear power amid rising demand from data centers and growth. The unique one-acre-one-vote system limits participation to landowners.
Cuba's National Electric System (SEN) suffered a total disconnection on Monday, March 16, 2026, the sixth nationwide blackout in the last 18 months. The state-run Electric Company (UNE) reported the outage and activated emergency protocols to restore service.
من إعداد الذكاء الاصطناعي
Meta has agreed to fund seven new natural gas power plants and extensive energy infrastructure to support its largest data center under construction in Richland Parish, Louisiana. The deal with Entergy Louisiana includes 240 miles of transmission lines and battery storage, as reported by the Wall Street Journal. This follows a non-binding pledge by tech companies to cover power costs for AI data centers.