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This reduced consumption can help prevent rolling brownouts or blackouts, which are increasingly common as the demand for energy-intensive services, such as data centers, grows.
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Thomas Grizzetti, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Jettisoning the corpses quickly meant we were spared the sight of dead people awkwardly rising and walking offstage during the blackouts between scenes.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 22 Dec. 2024
The extension was intended to ease California’s transition to green power and alleviate blackouts during periods of extreme heat, but now comes at a time when the energy demands of artificial intelligence and data centers are rapidly growing.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
Iran's energy sector, despite its resource wealth, remains underdeveloped, leading to rolling blackouts during the summer and now severe winter gas shortages.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
In 2024, Cuba has suffered island-wide rolling blackouts that lasted more than a week, hundreds of thousands of people emigrated from the island and the social safety net once provided by the government all but evaporated.
—Patrick Oppmann, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
Radio blackouts are still possible this week, NOAA says, with a 40% chance for minor to moderate blackouts Monday.
—Conor Murray, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
No geomagnetic or solar radiation storms are expected, but there is a 45% chance of minor to moderate radio blackouts.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
Over the summer, sustained blackouts struck industrial parks near Tehran and other cities.
—Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
Thomas Grizzetti, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Jettisoning the corpses quickly meant we were spared the sight of dead people awkwardly rising and walking offstage during the blackouts between scenes.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 22 Dec. 2024
The extension was intended to ease California’s transition to green power and alleviate blackouts during periods of extreme heat, but now comes at a time when the energy demands of artificial intelligence and data centers are rapidly growing.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
Iran's energy sector, despite its resource wealth, remains underdeveloped, leading to rolling blackouts during the summer and now severe winter gas shortages.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
In 2024, Cuba has suffered island-wide rolling blackouts that lasted more than a week, hundreds of thousands of people emigrated from the island and the social safety net once provided by the government all but evaporated.
—Patrick Oppmann, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
Radio blackouts are still possible this week, NOAA says, with a 40% chance for minor to moderate blackouts Monday.
—Conor Murray, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
No geomagnetic or solar radiation storms are expected, but there is a 45% chance of minor to moderate radio blackouts.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
Over the summer, sustained blackouts struck industrial parks near Tehran and other cities.
—Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Blackouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackouts. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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