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Nearly 50,000 Lake Tahoe residents have to find a new power source after their energy source looks to redirect lines to data centers
https://fortune.com/2026/05/12/lake-tahoe-data-center-49000-residents-power-source/
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I’m genuinely baffled that this is legal.
DarkFutureGotta be rich to live in Tahoe these days. If anyone can get something changed, it’s inconvenienced rich people.
There is no way this doesn’t impact locals that live there full time the most though. They need power all year and also pay utilities.
The only locals left are firmly part of the gentry. Real people were priced out nearly 20 years ago. What’s really going to fuck these people is the loss of tourism thanks to fuel. People aren’t driving up into the mountains with $12/gallon gas, and planes are less and less feasible by the day. Those “locals” are going to starve economically. Good riddance. The Sierra Nevada mountains would do well with less people.
paraphrandJust shop around for a power company. Yeah.
blitzenWonder if the California residents are isolated from the problem more-so than the Nevada residents?
The local utility should put batteries on everyone’s home and use them as a virtual power plant.
Think about how many of those homes are empty most of the time, barely using any energy.
I wonder if we’re gonna find out how flammable these days centers are due to this. I struggle to imagine any jury member could be pulled from their power deprived homes and then convinced to convict.
They can’t stop 50k people from burning down a data center
There’s a lot of copper in those power lines going to the data centre. And copper seems to be doing well price wise.
A_Random_IdiotSome rich people tied to data centers too.
And you can make that a literally with just these few easy steps.
This is why the police works for the wealthy and not the people. Privatized security with nationalized costs. Not to mention “ICE” brownshirts, maga idiots, and the national guard.
Murse
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is that AI slop?
The image I posted? It’s just a photo from the page trying to sell them. The actual product? No idea, but those types of stickers have been around well before the bullshit generators we’re calling AI, so I’d guess no.
I’m not seeing any red flags… what about this one caught your attention?
Sounds like a great area for wind turbines, but those take a while to plan. Solar can be deployed really fast but idk how sunny it is there.
It’s California mountains so should be pretty sunny
jballsThe article says the local utility already gets 25% of its electricity from solar panels it owns, but 75% from the provider that’s shutting them off next year…
MinnesotaGoddamit really is fantastic for wind. solar is not fantastic for tahoe, but it’s a decent latitude. mountainous terrain limits the available hours and they get more cloudcover than lower elevations.
tae glas [siad/iad]are there laws in the u.s. against an area crowdsourcing funds for creating a grid of solar panels / wind turbines / etc and providing the service that a nationalised electricity supplier should’ve already been providing? asking for a friend 🤔
DiplomjodlerIf there aren’t, I’m sure they’re going to pass them, as soon as people start doing this in any number.
probably. best to get everything organised & built asap while it’s still possible, so!
i mean a few towns over they made it a law to put solar on every primary residence unless there was a financial exemption. they literally made a solar grid. they still get charged by the damn utility. line maintenance, etc. still has expenses. don’t ask me, i am not running the books.
DavidGAPaywall.
Courtney (she/her/they)50,000 people with grudges and whatever tgey can find at home (remember they’re Americans)
Vs
One databoi
Who wins?
I guess it depends on who is going to burn more easily.
Could always drag some power company execs around with horses and electric bikes. That will certainly send a message.
TimboSlice- one can freeon
- one road flare
- one roll of ductape
- one power pole
- 50,000 people
one bad night for any lineman.
I like how they stick a giant, scrollable map in the middle of the article with only 2px on the side to drag and get past it
If only they lived in a country with massive gun culture and availability to defend their freedoms
RememberTheApollo_Most of those counties voted red. Giving all these billionaires consequence-free abilities to take everything. Leopards having a snack.
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Sensationalist garbage. Liberty power is just switching to another grid power provider. Tahoe residents may even see a cost savings.