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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
DEI – Daft Energy Idiocy ? Dodgy Elected Incumbents ? Datacenter Electricity Insanity ? “No I’m not being misleading, in fact what I just said is exactly what we stand by: We are watching energy prices sky-rocket over the past [18 months].” – Maryland Governor Westley Watende Omari Moore
As has done ALLLLL technology, AI will also bubble and burst and cause much pain and suffering. Let’s learn from our many, many past collective mistakes and not once again harm ourselves and, more lastingly, harm our environment. An old, old, story. It has been known, contrary to politicians, and chambers of commerce, for two … Read more
“”Datacenter Dangers #13 – Datacenter Hell in Maryland’s Agricultural Preserve – SkyNet, and the “New LAIy Lines””One Datacenter proposed for Dickerson, Maryland is admittedly gauged to consume 75% of the county’s current power — so that’s a near-doubling of power consumption of the entire county; however, this power is to be concentrated in a land … Read more
Like exploratory tentacles of the Borg — or devilish underground shoots of bamboo — it’s coming right across the Rt 15 Point of Rocks bridge, just north of Dickerson proposed Datacenter Complex. Intention seems most like interconnect to Dickerson Datacenter Complex. Recent heavy maintenance on Rt 15 Point of Rocks bridge suits this interconnection. Dozens … Read more
A multi-part, fully-sourced Series deeply exploring the Many Serious Ill-Effects of Datacenters. Newest first. #30 #29 #28 #27 #26 #25 #24 #23 #22 #21 #20 #19 #18 #17 #16 #15 #14 #13 #12 #11 #10 #9 #8 #7 #6 #5 #4 #3 #2 #1 Directly Related
Milham and Dirty Electricity Samuel Milham’s definition of “dirty electricity” is broader than classic IEEE 519 harmonics. He focuses on: His 2013 paper states: “Dirty electricity … is high-frequency voltage transients riding along the 50 or 60 Hz electricity provided by electric utilities.” Milham and Stetzer associated dirty electricity with: and proposed that electrical pollution … Read more
IEEE 519 is essentially the electric-grid equivalent of a noise ordinance, but it only applies to one of the three known kinds of noise pollution caused by datacenters. Here is an examination of the IEEE519. IEEE 519 is essentially the electric-grid equivalent of a noise ordinance. Instead of loud music disturbing your neighbors, it addresses … Read more
All claims sourced with mainstream / scientific/peer-reviewed papers. The planned five massive server warehouses would admittedly consume the equivalent of 75% of current county residential electrical use. 360 MW concentrated at one Dickerson site raises legitimate ground-current / power-quality questions, especially in a rural/agricultural setting. A 360 MW data-center cluster is large enough that ground … Read more
“When I arrived at DC Water, this was an organization that looked very similar to our industry — it was predominantly white males [in-charge] at the top — but that is an utility [in which] more than 70% people of color work at this utility.” David L Gadis Unique Morris-Hughes: ‘…on a mission to make … Read more