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The rapid growth of AI data centers across the U.S. is not only straining power grids but also distorting the quality of electricity delivered to homes, threatening damage to appliances and increasing fire risks, according to an analysis performed by Bloomberg.
A recent report by Bloomberg claims that the explosive growth of artificial intelligence is putting an unprecedented strain on the U.S. power grid, and it’s not just about keeping the lights on. A new analysis by Bloomberg, using data from Whisker Labs and DC Byte, shows that the mushrooming of data centers to support AI is distorting the quality of electricity delivered to millions of homes across the country, especially in areas like Chicago and Northern Virginia’s “data center alley.”

The problem, known as “bad harmonics,” occurs when the normal flow of electricity in steady waves is disrupted, leading to erratic spikes and dips in voltage. Whisker Labs, which tracks power quality using roughly 1 million residential sensors, found that more than three-quarters of the worst-affected homes are within 50 miles of significant data center activity.
Sustained exposure to distorted power can cause home electronics to overheat, make motors in appliances like refrigerators and air conditioners to rattle, and over time, lead to billions in damages. But experts warn bad harmonics are just the tip of the iceberg, foreshadowing deeper problems engulfing the nation’s power infrastructure.

“Harmonics are a pretty good canary in the coal mine for early signs of stress and problems,” said Bob Marshall, CEO of Whisker Labs. Left unaddressed, power quality issues can snowball, causing voltage surges that spark fires or sudden sags that trigger blackouts.
The core of the crisis lies in the insatiable appetite of data centers, which can suck up 10,000 times more electricity than a single household. The U.S., which operates the most data centers globally, is projected to see a 16 percent surge in power demand over the next five years, triple last year’s estimate, largely driven by new data centers.
This is straining a grid already burdened by aging infrastructure, extreme weather, and the electrification of transportation and heating. Yet for decades, grid investment has lagged as electricity use remained largely flat — until now.
The fallout is apparent in Chicago, where over a third of sensors showed consistently high harmonic distortions, and in Northern Virginia, the global data center capital, where distortions exceeded acceptable industry limits in areas with facilities coming online or expanding.

While urban centers bear the brunt, the data center effect spans rural America too. Regardless of population density, Bloomberg’s analysis found sensors closer to data centers consistently picked up more distorted power than those farther away.
Experts say several culprits can be behind bad harmonics, from industrial machinery to renewable energy inverters. But the strong correlation between data center proximity and power quality erosion points to their outsized role.
Some remedies, like dedicated substations and power filtering equipment, are being deployed. But a key hurdle remains the lack of granular, house-by-house power quality monitoring by most utilities, due to prohibitive costs. Consequently, distortions ravaging home appliances often go unnoticed until they escalate.

“Embedded in your contract with your utility is the right to receive a certain quality of power,” said Hasala Dharmawardena of North American Electric Reliability Corp., which is studying data centers’ grid impacts. “We need to make sure we measure it, and that our consumers get the power quality that they deserve.”

Cheek piece
Scope cover
Hrd arca rail
Mag block
Savage 17 hmr mag
Throw lever
2 bolt knobs
2 accu tac pic rails
Armageddon bra for a schmedium
Front rest block for a sled
Mdt rear recoil pad
2 sunshades don't know to what
Short arca for manners lrh
1 misc pic rail

Sold for it all to cover shipping
Not splitting it up

Feel free to share your experiences.

I wonder if Maggie was a generous lover

Tag your friends, the chubby chasers.

I’m about to start interviewing GF candidates.

FS: Proof Stainless barrel for Terminus QC short action
6 GT
1:7.5 twist, 26"
Cerakoted graphite black
Only 674 rounds logged *SOLD PENDING FUNDS

Proof Stainless barrel for Terminus QC
6.5 Creedmoor
1:8 twist, cut down to 20"
Only 302 rounds logged *SOLD PENDING FUNDS

$340 shipped (each)

Venmo or Zelle preferred

Right hand vudoo gen 2, very clean well taking care of

22" bartlien mtu barrel 16 twist threaded muzzle , 1100 rounds on it, currently mounted on the action

18" ace mtu barrel 16 twist threaded muzzle 3500 rounds on it Comes with the ba, not separating it

Trigger tech Diamond single stage flat shoe

3 vudoo mags

Mdt gen1 acc 3 internal and 4 external wieghts ,short lop buttstock with dampners,
Thumbrest on both sides,bag rider ,obi grip
Seen some use, but not bad
22" barrel balances perfectly in this configuration

Almost 4 bricks of r50 available to buyer lot tested for the 22" barrel (additional cost)
See pic 100 yard group with r50

Scope available also but will be listed separately

Sold shipped conus to your ffl From me
Action, both barrels and mags
$2100

From me to your ffl

Okay we did a live on this topic as this is something we are looking at more and more. We already know we are going to higher rings. The AR15 world has going to higher Risers and now the bolt action world should follow. For a while now I have been taking about 1.375" to 1.55" as the rings I look for today. I don't go low, I stay high to keep my head up. Well saying this repeatedly has lead to Chris getting a 1" AR Riser for his bolt gun.


So this week I jumped in to look at this and felt it was better. My biggest concern was prone, and prone even for me was very comfortable.

I wanted to talk about this, today Chris and I jumped on a LIVE and recorded our thoughts.

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The graphic Chris drew is a touch light on the screen, so here is the image.


For reference:

Measurement for Chris was 7"
Measurement for Me was 5"
The Rifles averaged 3.75" with the Knights being the lowest at 2.75" scope over bore height.

This is a thought, an experiment, so we want to your opinions ... we know the immediate negatives what are some we might have missed ?

Just a guy who likes to shoot - don't compete or anything. Looking to upgrade from the Tikka CTR 24" 6.5 CM that I've had for the last 7-8 years. But I'm a dad with a teacher wife so budget is important...so options are listed in increasing level of cost. Priorities with this new rifle is a 20" barrel for a suppressor and just setting round count back to 0 since I think mine is nearing being shot out (could still sell for a few bucks to a hunter or someone who isn't gonna put a ton of rounds down it). Still shoots 1/2 MOA with handloads as of right now, but it's a mile long with my can on it.

1 - buy a Tikka 20" CTR and stick my Manners stock on it (boring but affordable - would probably cerakote the new gun so would cost a few bucks)
2 - put a Bartlein on my Tikka (around $1300 with fluting, cerakote, gunsmithing, etc.)
3 - sell the Tikka for around $900 and buy a Horizon Firearms Vandal X or Prime (seem to be around $2300-$2400 street price, so nearly the same as option 2)

Which would you guys do?

FS: KRG Bravo in Black
Rem 700 SA inlet
Includes Arca Rail, and two additional lop spacers not pictured (one weighted, one plastic)

*I installed a nutsert to run the KRG trigger finger rest. If you don't like it you can just unscrew it and remove it, but there will be a small hole there.

$240 shipped SOLD

Venmo or Zelle preferred

FS: Terminus Zeus QC Short Action
.308 Bolt Face
Right Hand
Only 976 rounds logged on this action

$1250 my FFL to yours. *Sold pending funds (again). If buyer backs out the next guy on the list will be contacted.

Zelle or Venmo preferred

Ok, so of all the different rabbit holes to dive into, this week’s chasm happens to be axe handles. I prefer a double bit for splitting wood and have always had one around that just worked. It swung well two handed and was kind of an arm extension for single handed kindlin’ splitting. Well a kid we have help out from time to time broke the handle and dammit if I can find a good replacement that feels right. The old one was already tossed out when I got around to looking for its replacement, so that easy button of just comparing it to available ones ain’t available. Hardware store store handles feel like complete garbage. Anyone have a favorite axe handle maker?
-an oddity-Just about every handle I see is hickory. Kinda remember the grain of the wood I pulled out of the head looking a bit like mahogany-

This is a two stamp setup. Transfers from me, on a Form 3, to your FFL/SOT of choice.

Brand new, stored in a safe after upgrading the bolt knob to the oversized, and adding an ARCA rail. Comes with all original parts and factory packaging.

$3,300 shipped.

Check, Wire, Zelle or CC + 3%.

Preston

PENDING

XM3 Clone Buildsheet: -
- Remington 700 "S" Action
- Action clip slotted trued/blueprinted with enlarged bolt knob
- OD McMillan A1-3 stock (glass/pillar bedded) with Badger EFR Mount
- 18.5" Hart Stainless Darpa (XM3) contour barrel, .308 Match chambered
- Surefire fa762ss flash hider
- Badger M4 Floorplate and Trigger Guard
- Badger 30moa Clip slotted mount
- All metal Cerakoted matte black
- Harris BRS bipod with pod-lock
- Eagle stock pack
- nightforce nxs 3.5-15 "NAV-SPEC" marked scope with nf rings
- Surefire FA762SS legacy suppressor with early generation latch collar (on form 4 in Ohio)

Looking for 10.5k > 10k > 9.5k shipped for everything. Only trades are cash heavy ones (LMT, KAC, 2011's)

*WILL NOT SPLIT UNLESS RIFLE SELLS FIRST*

Reach out for more pics

The other day I took a break from the holidays and rewatched the movie "Gettysburg" and since then have been doing a bit of research on Gen Longstreet. You don't need to be a Civil War buff to appreciate this post but regardless of how you feel about the Union/Confederacy or that part of history, he's really an interesting (to me at least) part of the Gettysburg story.

Just as a quick back story/catchup- Longstreet graduated from West Point in 1842. By all accounts he was far from a model cadet. He had a history of racking up demerits and performing poorly in his studies. The records that I've found thus far was in 1842, 56 individuals graduated from West Point and Longstreet (being among them) was ranked... 54th in his class.

Despite his academic standings, it seems that he was still popular amongst his fellow classmates (perhaps he was the class clown?) and among the friendships he cultivated during his years at West Point, one of which happened to be Ulysses S. Grant who graduated a year later in 1843. Again- you don't need to be a historian but that in itself is rather interesting.

Skipping over a decade or two- despite graduating at the absolute bottom of his class in 1842, he quickly advanced through the officer ranks and once the Civil War broke out he eventually became Gen Robert E. Lee's "right hand man" and most trusted General and advisor by Lee's own accounts.


Ok- now that we're all caught up- back to Gettysburg. Knowing most folks here aren't history buffs and wanting to be concise- during the battle Gen Lee was in command with Longstreet as the #2. One could honestly devote their entire lives to studying just this one battle but Lee & Longstreet's discussions are well documented and they frankly were polar opposites of how to proceed.

The one part I'll mention on that topic is a part of the battle that I'm sure many folks have heard of (even if they're not fans of history themselves) and that's Pickett's charge on the 3rd day of the battle. Pickett's Charge is often used as a metaphor for futile (and foolish) endeavors even to today. But on the 3rd & final day of the battle at Gettysburg- I reckon many don't know that Longstreet publicly argued with Gen Lee against that decision and in front of their subordinates (this part is actually fairly well represented in the movie).

Another factoid of interest (to me) is that even though it's gone down into history as "Pickett's" charge, Pickett fell under Longstreet's command and he was given the task by General Lee to command the assault. Longstreet disagreed so adamantly with the order that when Pickett asked Longstreet to give the command, he could only nod in his direction (another part well documented).

(This is starting to get long so I'll break up the story here and continue on a future post).

-LD

Sold

Just looking for opinions. Looking for a cheap to reload for plinking cartridge that maybe isn't .223rem since I already have a couple in an AR.
Plinking from 1-400 max. More like 1-200 yards because that's what the range i got to has. Somthing to shoot with friends or shoot while another rifle cools down.

Was thinking maybe a 6x45 slinging some 70grain sierras.

Any other options out there. What do you fellas use for such activities?

Hey Dudes;

Does anyone know how range maximum energy limits are calculated?

I'm templating a new range ATM but there's nothing in the pam regards limits. For example our normal range is 8mm max calibre and 3319 ft lbs. No one knows how that number was arrived at.

Anyone know what the math is?

Thanks

Carso

Brand New in Sealed Box Vortex Razor HD Gen III 6-36x56mm, 34 mm Tube, First Focal Plane, EBR-7D, MRAD

Limited Edition BLACK

I'll cover shipping & shipment insurance.

No trades. PayPal, Venmo, and Zelle will be accepted as payment methods. Friends and Family or the buyer must pay all fees for a 'Goods and Services' transaction.

The first "I'll take it" in this thread gets the item stated.

$2550

Purchased new and added D.Wilson ARCA Rails.

This is a Green Anodized LMT MARS-H with all factory original parts, including the 14.5" 6.5 Creedmoor MRGGa barrel.

$4,000 as pictured.

Check, Wire, Zelle or CC + 3%.

Ships to an FFL only.

Preston

I have a rifle I put together a little while ago and it's been shooting really weird. It's a bcm upper, green mountain barrel, KAC URX handguard, set screw gas block, microbest bcg, lower is Palmetto with a larue trigger and lmt sopmod. It has weird fliers that I can't account for and it doesn't seem to hold zero. It doesn't shoot to point of aim consistently.

Things I've tried:

Rebarreled
Took it all apart, put it back together, different barrel nut torque (fiddled with upper receivers and found one to thermo fit, didn't help)
Factory ammo to eliminate handloads
Two different scopes, irons
Less oomph on gas block set screws
No muzzle device
Lead sled didn't help

Now here's the weirdest part, I shot it single fed no magazine and it grouped well vertically BUT it had a horizontal stringing of about 2moa

So I'm pretty much stumped, I've built probably 40 ARs and this one seems to be possessed or something

Looks like the swamp ain't getting drained any time soon.... Wonder if the kraken is getting released soon or if we got those servers from Germany yet?

I have 2 AR rifles and 1 Magpul bipod (picatinny clamp). Instead of ordering another bipod, or carrying around a screwdriver, I've been thinking about using shouldered thumb screws to make this bipod easier to swap between rifles.

Dumb idea, or could I be onto something? This is what happens when I take time off work

Tossing around the idea of selling or trading my barreled action chambered in 6.5x47.

Mack Brothers EVO 2 SA BDL(Works 100% with DBM)
Brux 1:8tw 30” 1.25” straight barrel, unthreaded
Mack Brothers 20moa scope base

It has well under 400rds, and it shoots fantastic. I have printed .2s and .3s regularly at 100yds. I have a 30 Sherman Magnum that is getting finished up and between my other rifles, this may not see much use. $1500 shipped.

Trades considered:
Mk12 Mod0 upper
223, 308, or 6.5 Creed bolt gun
AMP annealer
Dillon 750/1050
Optic in the 5-40 magnification range

Long read (50 minutes) but a pretty good article. Much of which we already know and have dealt with the last few years at least in the civilian sector. Not many surprises here but a good read nonetheless.


And yes, this is a safe link. I archived it so you can still read it without hitting the subscription paywall.

PDF below now too!