Powering AI is an architecture problem
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On July 22, 2026, a transmission line fault in Ashburn, Virginia—the heart of the world's largest data center cluster—knocked more than 3 gigawatts of load off the grid in seconds. And it wasn't the first time. Two years earlier, a single failed surge arrester dropped roughly 60 Virginia facilities…
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Powering AI is an architecture problem