ネバダ州に拠点を置く電力会社が、2027年5月までにタホ湖周辺の約4万9000人の住民への電力供給を停止する計画を明らかにした。この動きを受け、カリフォルニア州の地元電力供給会社は、データセンターからの需要増加に伴い、代替電源の確保に奔走している。
タホ湖のカリフォルニア州側で電力を供給しているリバティ・ユーティリティーズ社は、現在その電力の75％をNVエナジー社から調達している。ネバダ州の電力会社であるNVエナジーは、ネバダ州北部で計画されている新しいデータセンタープロジェクト向けに供給能力を確保するため、2027年5月をもって供給契約を終了する方針をリバティ社に通知した。
ユーザーからは、NVエナジーがタホ湖周辺住民の電力をデータセンターへと振り向けることに対し不満の声が上がっている。AI開発による需要増が地域への電力供給に与える影響が懸念されており、規制の変更を求める声も出ている。
The fvck it isn't.
— Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft (@PalominoOMG) 2026年5月14日
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) 2026年5月14日
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) 2026年5月14日
￭ 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) 2026年5月14日
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) 2026年5月14日
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.
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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.
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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.