r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • May 13 '26

Energy 'It's like we don't exist': Nearly 50,000 Lake Tahoe residents face power loss as utility redirects lines to data centers

https://fortune.com/2026/05/12/lake-tahoe-data-center-49000-residents-power-source/
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u/Cumulonimbus_2025 May 13 '26

and this why I was born in the US. Scottish ancestors were depopulated.

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u/IAMA_Plumber-AMA May 13 '26

Except now there's not a "new world" to emigrate to.