Archive for the 'Infrastructure' Category
California May Lose Two More Refineries That Produce 14% of Gasoline in the State
October 27th, 2024Via: Just the News: Short on the heels of another major refinery closure, Valero signaled it is considering closing its two California refineries that produce over 14% of the state’s gasoline. Refinery closures already have the state importing 8% of its gasoline supply, which means the state could soon have to significantly increase its imports […]
Election Day: Homeland Security Critical Infrastructure Conference, “With a Large Scale Cybersecurity Exercise on November 5, 2024”
October 21st, 2024Via: Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association International: Election Day: Homeland Security Critical Infrastructure Conference, "With a Large Scale Cybersecurity Exercise on November 5, 2024" pic.twitter.com/O4Rm2gE8sg — cryptogon (@cryptogon) October 21, 2024
Total Electric Grid Failure in Cuba
October 19th, 2024Via: BBC: Cuba is experiencing a nationwide blackout after its main energy plant failed, knocking out power to its 10 million people. Its power grid collapsed at around 11:00 (15:00 GMT) on Friday, the energy ministry announced on social media. Grid officials said they did not know how long it would take to restore power. […]
Amazon Goes Nuclear, to Invest More than $500 Million to Develop Small Modular Reactors
October 16th, 2024Via: CNBC: Amazon Web Services is investing more than $500 million in nuclear power, announcing three projects from Virginia to Washington state. AWS, Amazon’s subsidiary in cloud computing, has a massive and increasing need for clean energy as it expands its services into generative AI. It’s also a part of Amazon’s path to net-zero carbon […]
Over 3.4 Million Florida Homes and Businesses Without Power Due to Hurricane Milton
October 10th, 2024Via: Reuters: More than 3.4 million homes and businesses in Florida were without power on Thursday, after Hurricane Milton tore across Florida overnight, destroying homes and killing at least four people, according to data from PowerOutage.us.
Sam Altman Just Pitched The Biden Administration On A Massive Build Out Of AI Data Centers
September 29th, 2024Via: ZeroHedge: While most of the news this week about Sam Altman has been centered around the nearly $10 billion in equity he could be receiving in OpenAI, another headline slipped through the cracks mid-week: OpenAI has pitched the Biden administration on a build-out of massive data centers. OpenAI has urged the Biden administration to […]
Microsoft Electricity Purchase Agreement Will Restart Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant for AI Data Centers
September 20th, 2024Via: The Verge: Microsoft just signed a deal to revive the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. If approved by regulators, the software maker would have exclusive rights to 100 percent of the output for its AI data center needs. Constellation, the owner of the Three Mile Island plant, announced a power purchase agreement […]
Omnipresent AI Cameras Will Ensure Good Behavior, Says Larry Ellison
September 17th, 2024In 2017, I wrote about where I thought mass surveillance was headed in the U.S.: I think the reality is that a dossier on every “citizen” is being automatically maintained. The dossier contains everything from purchases to Internet activity, audio from phone calls, to full contents of emails. Income. Library records. Travel records. etc. Additionally, […]
Israel: ‘Humanitarian Pauses’ in Gaza Fighting for Children to be Vaccinated Against Polio
August 30th, 2024In other Israeli humanitarian news from Gaza: Israel’s Military Blew Up More Than 30 Water Wells in Gaza in July: Israel’s military blew up more than 30 water wells in Gaza this month, a municipality official and residents said, adding to the trauma of airstrikes that have turned much of the Palestinian enclave into a […]
Governments and Internet Kill Switches
August 15th, 2024Via: Cold Fusion:
