20 miles northwest of our nation's capital
Datacenters are dense microcosms of competing regulated power supplies. Every server, CPU, GPU, storage shelf, switch, and board-level voltage regulator is constantly fighting to hold its own output rails steady — 12 VDC, 5 VDC, 3.3 VDC, 1.1 VDC, whatever — despite rapidly changing compute loads and evermore imperfect upstream grid power. The problem is … Read more
We’ve been noticing minor power blips, blinks, increasingly growing over the past 10 months or so in Darnestown, Maryland – no enough to trigger UPS switchover, but enough to notice something is changing, something is wrong.. No official explanation given, until now. — “Just before 8 a.m. the electricity flickered on and off for about … Read more
“Many residents say they learned about nearby developments only after construction had already begun. Their reports describe concerns about water consumption, electricity demand, constant mechanical noise, land use, electronic waste, and pressure on local infrastructure.” Erin Brockovich’s new data center map crashed twice in 72 hours. The environmental advocate says she woke up one morning … Read more
A CAFR/ACFR is a government’s most complete annual financial report. It combines auditedfinancial statements, management explanation, fund-level detail, debt and pension disclosures,and long-term statistical trends. It is one of the best documents for understanding a publicentity’s true financial condition. Renamed in 2020 from CAFR (Comprehensive Annual Financial Report) reportedly due to CAFR sounding too similar … Read more
DATACENTER ALLEY — Greg Pirio, a Sterling, Virginia resident warns about seriously degraded quality of life in the neighborhood. Living just 150 yards from the Vantage 2 datacenter, residents report intolerable noise pollution caused by the facility’s onsite jet turbine power plants. DATACENTER ALLEY — Greg Pirio, a Sterling, Virginia resident warns about seriously degraded … Read more
Basalt powder remineralizes soil. Callahan added that basalt’s paramagnetic quality may help soil act less like inert dirt and more like a living energy/mineral system. Whether or not one accepts the full energetic theory, basalt dust is a credible slow-release mineral amendment when paired with living organic soil. Powdered basalt = finely ground volcanic rock … Read more
PEPCO power blips/flashes becoming more common in Darnestown is consistent with a grid under increasing instability and stress. PEPCO power in Darnestown has entered a new and troubling phase. Over the past several months, around 2026, brief power blips, flickers, and flashes have become increasingly common. That is notable because, for roughly the previous five … Read more
“Public utilities” were privatized under the familiar promise that “competitive market forces” would serve greater public good. That trick was accomplished by the last wave of slimy politicians around Y2K. Now the outcome is plain: highest-bidder, bulk-purchasing Datacenters will come first for energy availability and consumption, service and focus, ahead of ordinary public need. It … Read more
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