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Re:Claude Is Down by formerly_proven on Friday November 13, 2026 @05:50AM (#50481606)
Large consumers often have two independent grid feeds.
Re:Claude Is Down by UqWBcuFx6NV4r on Friday November 13, 2026 @06:07AM (#50481805)
OK. I’m not a large consumer.
Re:Claude Is Down by amenghra on Friday November 13, 2026 @06:27AM (#50481984)
If you were to setup a GPU cluster in your basement and consume TWs of power, the grid going down would no longer be your problem. It would become their problem! /s
Re:Claude Is Down by pjc50 on Friday November 13, 2026 @07:19AM (#50482472)
.. to the same grid. If you're lucky they're to different substations.

The number of people who had "independent" fiber connections which were routed through the same channel and destroyed by the same backhoe is so high it's a meme among sysadmins.