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The Algorithm Ate the Grid

Washington handed over your power supply to corporate server farms. Your lights are next.

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General Azmundus
Aug 10, 2025
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The Hidden Cost of Artificial Intelligence

It’s not the flashiest image of the AI revolution. No robot writing poetry. No algorithm curing cancer. Just a row of dusty transformers on the edge of a small Virginia town, humming at full tilt, feeding electricity into a sprawling data center that locals can’t even get inside.

A year ago, the town’s biggest he…

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