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 (@SamRomain) ١٤ مايو ٢٠٢٦
The Tennessee Valley Authority has released a revised Integrated Resource Plan that prioritizes coal, gas, and nuclear power while reducing emphasis on renewables. The changes follow directives from the Trump administration and shifts in the utility's leadership. Public comment on the draft runs through July 22.
من إعداد الذكاء الاصطناعي
Otoe County officials voted last month to suspend permits for new data centers for as long as one year. The move follows resident concerns about water use, electricity costs, and potential heat impacts from the facilities.
San Carlos Reservoir has dropped to less than 1 percent of capacity following an extreme lack of snow in the Gila River watershed. The low water levels triggered a massive fish kill and prompted an indefinite closure of the site on June 5, 2026.
من إعداد الذكاء الاصطناعي
Sunrun, Tesla, and Renew Home announced an agreement to aggregate more than 16 gigawatts of home batteries and devices into the largest distributed power plant in the US. The project targets surging electricity demand from data centers. Sunrun shares rose as much as 26 percent following the announcement.