Data Centers Got Big Enough to Rattle the Grid When They Trip Offline
PJM wants new reliability rules after nearly four gigawatts of data center load knocked the grid off balance in thirty seconds, plus a supply-chain breach that quietly targeted AI gateway credentials specifically, and a networking lesson hiding inside an NVIDIA blog post about GPU fabrics.
Welcome to Amaze Networks for Thursday, August thirteenth.
And I want to open with a callback, because it matters for today. All month we've been saying behind-the-meter generation is the fix for grid queues — sign a deal, skip the wait, keep building.
Right, that's been the whole thread. Calpine and CyrusOne, HD Hyundai's gas engines, the AVK microgrid deal.
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