It called the attacks irresponsible, and if they succeeded in disrupting the country's power grid, it could have led to civilian deaths given the timing. "An attack on a power grid at any time is irresponsible, but to carry it out in the depths of winter is potentially lethal to the civilian population dependent on it," Dragos said. "It is unfortunate that those who attack these systems appear to deliberately choose timing that maximizes impact on civilian populations."
"For two years, I've been sounding the alarm, explaining that without fundamental changes to PJM - Pennsylvanians were going to be paying more and more, and getting nothing in return," Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro said in a press release.
The US is racing ahead in artificial intelligence, but its biggest obstacle is more than chips, rare earths, or talent - it's electricity, according to a new report from Goldman Sachs. The US power grid is already straining under the surge of data centers fueling AI models, with these massive facilities now accounting for about 6% of total US electricity demand.
I don't think it is a matter of 'if,' it is simply a matter of 'when.' The electrical grid, as we know it, is only about 120 years old. And it is scattered in such a way that local or regional brownouts or total failures are happening too often.
