Archive for the 'Infrastructure' Category
California: Moss Landing Lithium Ion Energy Storage Facility on Fire
January 17th, 2025Via: SF Gate: One of the world’s largest lithium battery plants went up in flames on Thursday, prompting evacuations and warnings to stay inside to avoid noxious fumes in Monterey County. “There’s no way to sugar coat it,” Monterey County Supervisor Glenn Church told KSBW. “This is a disaster.” The Moss Landing Power Plant, located […]
Tucker Carlson and Michael Shellenberger Break Down the California Fires
January 14th, 2025If you happen to be trying to wake someone up in Los Angeles, the fires might represent a teachable moment. Shellenberger comes from the left, so that might make the medicine more palatable, in general, to people in that area. On a much different topic, if you stick with this to the end, it appears […]
“Large Scale Cybersecurity Exercise,” Postponed Due to, “Disinformation About the Purpose of the Event and Its Proximity to Election Day”
October 31st, 2024Mmm hmm. Anyone who thought that the timing of the event was strange is clearly nuts. Peddling disinformation. Probably racist. etc. I wonder why, “A number of government agencies,” wouldn’t have been able to participate? Are they going to be busy with other pressing matters around the election? *wink* Via: Armed Forces Communications & Electronics […]
X.ai: Inside the Largest AI Training Cluster in the World
October 29th, 2024Off topic, but this might be of interest if you want to see what the business end of Grok AI looks like. Also, that cable management… Woh. Via: ServeTheHome:
California May Lose Two More Refineries That Produce 14% of Gasoline in the State
October 27th, 2024Via: Just the News: Short on the heels of another major refinery closure, Valero signaled it is considering closing its two California refineries that produce over 14% of the state’s gasoline. Refinery closures already have the state importing 8% of its gasoline supply, which means the state could soon have to significantly increase its imports […]
Election Day: Homeland Security Critical Infrastructure Conference, “With a Large Scale Cybersecurity Exercise on November 5, 2024”
October 21st, 2024Via: Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association International: Election Day: Homeland Security Critical Infrastructure Conference, "With a Large Scale Cybersecurity Exercise on November 5, 2024" pic.twitter.com/O4Rm2gE8sg — cryptogon (@cryptogon) October 21, 2024
Total Electric Grid Failure in Cuba
October 19th, 2024Via: BBC: Cuba is experiencing a nationwide blackout after its main energy plant failed, knocking out power to its 10 million people. Its power grid collapsed at around 11:00 (15:00 GMT) on Friday, the energy ministry announced on social media. Grid officials said they did not know how long it would take to restore power. […]
Amazon Goes Nuclear, to Invest More than $500 Million to Develop Small Modular Reactors
October 16th, 2024Via: CNBC: Amazon Web Services is investing more than $500 million in nuclear power, announcing three projects from Virginia to Washington state. AWS, Amazon’s subsidiary in cloud computing, has a massive and increasing need for clean energy as it expands its services into generative AI. It’s also a part of Amazon’s path to net-zero carbon […]
Over 3.4 Million Florida Homes and Businesses Without Power Due to Hurricane Milton
October 10th, 2024Via: Reuters: More than 3.4 million homes and businesses in Florida were without power on Thursday, after Hurricane Milton tore across Florida overnight, destroying homes and killing at least four people, according to data from PowerOutage.us.
Sam Altman Just Pitched The Biden Administration On A Massive Build Out Of AI Data Centers
September 29th, 2024Via: ZeroHedge: While most of the news this week about Sam Altman has been centered around the nearly $10 billion in equity he could be receiving in OpenAI, another headline slipped through the cracks mid-week: OpenAI has pitched the Biden administration on a build-out of massive data centers. OpenAI has urged the Biden administration to […]
