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To keep generative AI models running requires huge amounts of electricity — and the US' aging power grid is struggling to handle the load.

Bottlenecked

AI companies will have to get creative — or run out of power.

America's Ramshackle Power Grid Is Straining Under the Load of Generative AI

A Pennsylvania-based holding company called Stronghold Digital Mining bought a coal waste power plant over the summer to power 1,800 mining computers.

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The company is burning through 600,000 tons of coal per year.

Bitcoin Mining Company Buys Entire Coal Power Plant

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