Naureen S. Malik

1. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Naureen S. Malik, Lauren Rosenthal

   Northern California Braces for Power Shutoffs Amid Fire Risk (opens the original)

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   Nearly a dozen counties in Northern California face an elevated risk of power shutoffs this weekend as extreme heat and high winds boost wildfire conditions across the region. PG&E Corp., which serves more than 5.5 million electric customers in northern and central California, said public safety power shutoffs are possible on Saturday for parts of eight inland counties including El Dorado, Lassen and Placer, according to a website posting. That warning expands to three more counties on Sunday. T

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2. Article · Aug 6, 2026 · Naureen S. Malik

   AI’s volatile power demand is damaging its own data centers | Fortune (opens the original)

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   Rapid swings in AI data centers’ power demands are straining vital equipment, causing batteries, generators and cooling systems to malfunction or wear out far sooner than expected. As the AI boom accelerates, these technical problems suggest added costs and unforeseen reliability problems, with even a few minutes of lost uptime hitting data-center developers’ revenue. They come at a time when investors and lenders are already jittery about hyperscalers’ hundreds of billions of dollars of spendin

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