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Can the U.S. Power Grid Sustain the Exponential Rise in Planned AI Driven Data Center Connections?

Powermag.com: Steve Empedocles

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Over the last several months, artificial intelligence (AI) has gained increasing popularity and remains dependent upon large server farms for processing AI’s big data requirement, at essentially, the speed of light. Planned new construction for enormous data centers are emerging nearly in every large city across the nation.

With America’s goal of becoming the “global leader in the AI race,” power utilities at both the generation and power delivery levels, struggle to maintain AI’s swift and vast desire for power. New electric generating plants and power delivery system upgrades remain behind the challenge while presenting a new dilemma: a more vulnerable electric grid with predictive power interruptions, brownouts, and potential blackouts.

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Are the Expected Trump Tariffs Going to Cripple the Power Energy Sector?

Utility Dive: Brian Martucci

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The threat of trade tariffs by the Trump administration are causing disarray, madness and confusion with the Power Energy markets, and particularly the battery energy storage sector. With no major signs of improvements in inflationary pressures, will new tariffs aid or harm the somewhat “booming energy storage industry?”

How will new imposed tariffs affect the nations battery storage performance and valuation based on cost fluctuations for batteries, energy storage demand (variations for new orders), goods for raw materials (delays in supply chain), and so on?

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The Forecast for Renewable Resources Could Rise 300 Percent Based on Future Energy Demands

NBCNews.com – Energy, Spencer Kimball (CNBC)

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“Renewable energy demand will triple over the next seven years as data center growth accelerates to facilitate the proliferation of artificial intelligence, NextEra Energy CEO John Ketchum said Wednesday.

NextEra added 3,000 megawatts of renewable and storage projects to its order backlog in the second quarter. Of those, 860 megawatts — or 28% — come from agreements with Google to power the tech company’s data centers.”

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More Companies Are Increasing Cyber Attack Response Plans Due to AI-Generated Attacks

SecurityInfoWatch.com (SIW) – Cybersecurity

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SIW-Cybersecurity (AI-Driven Deep Fake Attacks)

Due to the rise in AI assisted cyber security attacks, companies’ IT departments have had to up their game-protection against these threats. “This concern stems from the growing sophistication of AI-driven impersonation attacks that can undermine traditional security measures like biometric authentication, which were previously considered highly secure but are now being called into question.

As AI-generated deepfake attacks and identity fraud become more prevalent, companies are developing response plans to address these threats. In fact, according to GetApp’s 2024 Executive Cybersecurity Survey of over 2,600 global IT and cybersecurity professionals, 73% of US respondents report that their organization has developed a deepfake response plan.”

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New EV Prototype Is a Game Changer in Rapid Battery Charging

FoxNews.com – Kurt Knutsson (CyberGuy Report)

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Nyobolt-EV Prototype (FoxNews.com)

Battery technology combined with innovative electric vehicle (EV) designs continue improving in efficiency, durability, reliability, and responsiveness. “Imagine pulling up to a charging station, plugging in your electric vehicle and driving off with a near-full battery in less time than it takes to grab a coffee.”

A new protype, “Nyobolt, a U.K.-based battery technology company, has recently unveiled a working prototype of an electric vehicle that can charge from 10% to 80% in just under five minutes. That’s not a typo, folks.

We’re talking about adding 120 miles of range in just a matter of a few minutes with Nyobolt’s lightning-fast charging. Nyobolt’s prototype is charging twice as fast as the speediest EVs currently on the market.”

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