The Fortune article is actually quite interesting to read. The More Perfect Union framing however is the epitome of slopulism. Sometimes you look back on the insane reactions from the environmental movement against nuclear plants and wonder how it got to be like that. It's this!
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Nearly 50,000 people in the Lake Tahoe area have been told that their utility will stop providing power to them, because it's redirecting that power to data centers.
NV Energy, the Nevada utility that has supplied most of Lake Tahoe’s electricity for decades, says that next year it will stop servicing homes in the area, and instead direct that electricity to the growing demand from Nevada data centers.
Northern Nevada is one of the fastest-growing data-center corridors in the country.
fortune.com/2026/05/12/lake-…
Community note: NV Energy is ending a wholesale supply contract with Liberty Utilities (the actual retail provider) in May 2027. Liberty is actively seeking replacement power sources and has stated, 'This does not mean the power is shutting off.' sfgate.com/tahoe/article/… calmatters.org/economy/2026/0…
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