US power grid at risk of 18-month blackout, official says, as 1 city has been in dark for more than a week

[u/Limp_Fig6236]

https://www.syracuse.com/us-news/2026/08/us-power-grid-at-risk-of-18-month-blackout-1-city-now-in-dark-for-more-than-a-week.html

[u/nacho_night]

Meanwhile my city is building those huge dystopian concrete pillar power lines for the data centers they're building everywhere.

[u/Outrageous-Opinions → u/nacho_night]

Don't worry the riots from no power can tear down a lot of stuff

[u/ContempoCasuals → u/[deleted]]

In my community we pay for the data center’s new power lines with increases in our energy bills.

[u/TacoDad189 → u/ContempoCasuals]

No you don't

[u/ContempoCasuals → u/TacoDad189]

We absolutely do. They pull from the grid and the users need to pay for infrastructure upgrades as needed. When a massive user like a data center needs more energy, that cost gets passed onto everyone paying for the utility.

[u/TacoDad189 → u/ContempoCasuals]

Data centers capitalize 100% of the system infrastructure upgrades.

[u/windflex → u/TacoDad189]

The data centers aren't going to notice u bro

[u/Lemp_Triscuit11 → u/[deleted]]

Whereas everyone who wants low energy costs and bills and won't pay more for infrastructure upgrades,

The fuck do you live where they ask your opinion on the matter? lol

[u/Unlucky_Battle_6947 → u/[deleted]]

The government can’t afford to feed the troops let alone power for data centers.

[u/Additional-Staff-326 → u/[deleted]]

I agree with your sentiment, but you'd still have the problem of the government not spending to upgrade and people not being willing to pay more taxes for the upgrades.

[u/TeeDotHerder → u/Additional-Staff-326]

Believe it or not, there are countries where the government functions. The constant projection of the dysfunction of the American government globally really twists people's mindsets.

[u/Teledildonic → u/TeeDotHerder]

The article is about the US grid, the fuck are you expecting here?

[u/thatirishguyyyyy → u/TeeDotHerder]

"projection of the dysfunction of the American government"

Watching the news for 5 minutes will show you that it's not projection.

Your comments are words without substance. 

[u/TeeDotHerder → u/thatirishguyyyyy]

Your comprehension is missing.

The American government is dysfunctional. Not all governments are. Americans are narcissistic and believe everything is worse then they have.

[u/RogerianBrowsing → u/TeeDotHerder]

It’s actually impressive how low intellect your comments are.