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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: PJM Interconnection, the biggest U.S. grid operator, proposed on Thursday a new framework that would force data centers to use back-up generators when electricity supply on the grid approaches dangerously low levels. The grid operator's proposal dovetails with President Donald Trump's Ratepayer Protection Pledge, a non-binding initiative to protect residential customers from getting saddled with costs related to data center power consumption, PJM said. A new emergency procedure would notify utilities to reduce or transfer the electricity demand from data centers and other large power users ahead of any action that would shut off traditional consumers such as households. PJM said it does not, however, currently have the authority to curtail power to those sites and would require the cooperation of individual state governments. PJM manages the electricity for 67 million people in a territory that stretches from Washington, D.C. to Chicago. Its proposal highlights a growing tension between the rapid expansion of data centers and the ability of the nation's power grid to keep up. If PJM cannot close its supply gap, millions of residents and businesses face an increased risk of blackouts, and the cost of new generation could be passed on to other power consumers. At its recent capacity auction, PJM hit its $325-per-megawatt-day price cap but still came up about 6.8 GW short of its projected reliability needs. With rapidly expanding data centers adding pressure to the grid, PJM has also proposed creating a registry to track their locations and power consumption.

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For decades, Disney World has been known for its four dazzling theme parks. But earlier this week, speculation erupted that the Orlando, Florida-based theme park is going to build a fifth park.

Auguste-Marie Bile-aka Amoa (pictured) is believed to have been dropping his girlfriend off at The Landor pub on Willington Road when he was gunned down.

Donald Trump is facing ridicule about his close relationship with his personal aide Natalie Harp, while First Lady Melania Trump has shrunk away from the public eye.

OpenAI has signed a 10-year lease for an enormous Ohio data center that will eventually provide 8 gigawatts of computing capacity and require at least 10 gigawatts of new power generation. According to OpenAI, Nvidia will be supplying the chips and guaranteeing up to $105 billion in lease and power obligations. From the report: The facility -- which will be built and owned by SoftBank's SB Energy -- illustrates the immensity of the computing and power needed to fuel the growth of the AI economy. The data center will have 8 IT-gigawatts of computing capacity, powered by 10 gigawatts of new energy generation, on private land and federal property formerly used for uranium enrichment. Nvidia -- which will be the exclusive provider of chips to the site -- agreed to guarantee up to $105 billion in conditional lease and power payment obligations to SB Energy, according to an SEC filing (PDF). The so-called "land, power and shell" deal structure could allow for multiple upgrade cycles for new generations of Nvidia infrastructure at the site, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on X. A massive 9.2 gigawatts of new gas-fired power is ultimately envisioned for the Ohio project, which U.S. officials say Japan is funding under the 2025 trade and investment deal. SB Energy and SoftBank "will build at least 10 GW of new energy generation," a joint announcement from Nvidia, OpenAI and SB Energy states. Nvidia also said today that it's investing $1.5 billion in SB Energy to back its "continued evolution into a leading AI infrastructure developer."

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Not a German cop show, but a pair of engineering firms aiming to feed 800 VDC to next-gen kit

The actress flew from Los Angeles to South Carolina with her on-off boyfriend Brian Hickerson, just a day before she tragically died, according to reports.

Detectives have now spoken to two people who came to the victim's assistance after he was injured by the dog in an altercation near an old train line footpath in Wakefield, Yorkshire.

Hayden Panettiere spoke about giving up custody of her daughter while struggling with addiction in her memoir, released just three months before her death in South Carolina yesterday aged 36.

The actress made the remark at a promotional event for her memoir This Is Me: A Reckoning on May 26.

Panettiere, known for her roles on the hit NBC series Heroes and musical drama Nashville, was remembered as 'an incredible light and a force of nature.'

Ellie Goulding has launched legal action against her former managers, claiming they failed to disclose that their management company was owned by Live Nation.

Richard Madeley called out weathergirl Laura Tobin for being late after she 'vanished' during Good Morning Britain on Monday.

Danniella Westbrook showed off the results of her latest face reconstruction surgery earlier this month as she arrived to film Vanessa Feltz's new YouTube show.

I have just finished a night shift in A&E - and am writing this now still feeling sick about what I saw. I am shocked and sickened because I saw staff being punched in the face and kicked by a patient.

Millions of people received messages on Friday evening urging them not to light anything that could spark a wildfire, including disposable barbecues and fireworks.

He was convicted of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child

alternative_right shares a report from 404 Media: Amazon is buying massive quantities of books, scanning them for AI training data, and destroying them in the process. A 404 Media investigation was able to reveal Amazon's book buying operation, which hasn't been previously reported, by placing a tracking device in a rare book we suspected would be acquired by an AI company for training data, and following it around the country to its final destination. That final destination was an Amazon warehouse in Las Vegas, Nevada. Amazon employees who work at this location say all they do is receive massive shipments of printed books which they then cut the bindings off in order to scan the books more quickly. The printed book is destroyed in the process. The logo of the Amazon team that works at this warehouse, called VGT3, is a dinosaur, brandishing its teeth and with a book in its hands. "Amazon purchases books through commercial channels to help develop and improve the products and services our customers use," an Amazon spokesperson told 404 Media in a statement.

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Tupac's stepbrother Mopreme Shakur said he 'wanted his brother back' as the legendary rapper's murder trial is set to resume today.

Hayden Panettiere posed with a pal in her last Instagram post before her unexpected death at the age of 36 as she celebrated 'good times and good friends'.