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Mysterious Attacks on North Carolina Energy Grid Cut Power to Thousands
Government officials in Moore County, North Carolina declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew from 9 p.m. Sunday night to 5 a.m. Monday morning after two shooting attacks on power substations knocked out power for thousands of people. And while some on Twitter speculated the attacks may have been tied to a drag…
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Too Many Servers Could Mean No New Homes in Parts of the UK
Data centres have caused skyrocketing power demand in parts of London. Now, new housing construction could be banned for a full decade in some neighbourhoods of the UK’s biggest city because the electricity grid is reaching capacity, according to a report from the Financial Times. The reason: too many data centres taking up electricity and fibre…