Heatwave poses risks to the energy network Energy News

With the increase in heat power outages, things are expected to increase, with data centers focusing on artificial intelligence.

The thermal wave is currently striving two thirds of the United States with record temperatures in the country’s energy system.

On Monday, Edison, the power provider in New York City, urged residents to maintain electricity. It reduced the voltage to the Brooklyn area by 8 percent when repairs are made; He did the same with the areas in the town on Statin and Koins Island yesterday. Thousands also lost energy because the network was unable to deal with the strain.

The similar interruption has been felt around most of the East and Middle West, including in the states of Virginia and New Jersey. In Philadelphia and Cleveland, Power came out to thousands of customers after severe thunderstorms at the end of last week, and it has not yet been restored as the area faces high temperatures.

The National Railroud Corporation Amtrak has reported a delay on Tuesday due to the speed restrictions caused by heat on the roads that passed through Washington, Philadelphia and New York.

Energy network problems

This thermal wave attracts attention to the poor energy infrastructure in the United States.

In the most recent annual evaluation of the North American Electrical Corporation (NERC), large parts of the United States do not have enough energy reserves to work in “normal conditions”, including parts of the Middle West, Tixas, New England and South California.

Heat -related energy network strains have increased in recent years. According to a report from Climate Central was released last year, There were 60 percent of the heat power outages between 2014-2023 compared to the previous ten years.

This comes amid new but increasing pressure on the American energy network, including the spread of artificial intelligence and energy centers needed to operate them. In 2022, in the northern state of Virginia, Dominion Energy warned that data centers there use a lot of energy so that it may be unable to keep pace with the increasing demand.

For artificial intelligence centers, this strain is only set for more gym mutations from artificial intelligence. The energy demand for Ai Server Farms is expected to increase to 12 percent by 2030.

There are also more urgent concerns about the cyber threat of Iranian -backed “penetration”, which can target the American energy network in a weak moment to avenge the recent American attack on Iranian nuclear sites, CNN said. She said that the electronic threat participation center of the American Energy Network is watching the dark web network of threats, as the Ministry of Internal Security issued a warning on Sunday about possible electronic attacks.

The consultant said: “Both infiltrators and the actors of the Iranian government are targeting routinely American networks in a routine manner and Internet connected devices for sabotage electronic attacks.”

In 2023, the infiltrators associated with Iran targeted a water authority in Pennsylvania with the least success. In 2024, the American authorities discovered that the infiltrators associated with Iran were behind the electronic attacks on American health care facilities.

Energy networks are especially at risk, according to a report issued in 2024 issued by the North American reliability company (NERC), which said that there are up to 23,000 to 24,000 points vulnerable to American energy network systems that could be vulnerable to cybersecurity.