U.S. Power Grid Faces Blackout Warning as One City Goes Dark for Over a Week

Severe storms in Indiana caused a prolonged local blackout, highlighting the fragility of the US power grid. Federal experts warn that disabling a few critical substations could cause a nationwide blackout lasting up to 18 months, exacerbated by ageing infrastructure, long transformer replacement delays, and rising power demand from AI data centers.

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