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Lake Tahoe Residents Face Power Shifts As Data Centers Take 75% Of Electricity

A Nevada utility is redirecting 75% of the electricity supply from 49,000 Lake Tahoe residents to data centers built by Google, Apple, and Microsoft near Reno, forcing residents to find new power sources by May 2027. This highlights growing power demands from AI data centers nationally, with Chelan County, WA, exploring direct power sourcing solutions for Microsoft's new data center to avoid grid strain.