Who Pays for AI?

HigherIQ · Feb 19, 2026 · 5m

00:00 — Introduction 00:43 — The Night the Grid Almost Broke 00:43 — The Jobless Boom 00:43 — Wrap Up Sources: - Virginia narrowly avoided power cuts when 60 data centers dropped off the grid at once (Data Center Dynamics): https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/virginia-narrowly-avoided-power-cuts-when-60-data-centers-dropped-off-the-grid-at-once/ - Near Misses Instill Fears Over Widespread Data Center-Induced Blackouts (Bisnow): https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center/data-centers-nearly-caused-virginia-blackout-according-to-report-128565 - Byte Blackouts: How large data center…