Resident Pulser@infosec.pubB to Pulse of Truth@infosec.pubEnglish · 8 days agoMalicious cloud customers can bring down the power gridwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up118arrow-down1external-linkMalicious cloud customers can bring down the power gridwww.theregister.comResident Pulser@infosec.pubB to Pulse of Truth@infosec.pubEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square3linkfedilinkfile-text
Datacenters tax utilities normally, so just imagine what they could do if workloads were designed to destroy
minus-squareMNByChoice@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 days agoReminds me of the August 2025 paper: “Power Stabilization for AI Training Datacenters” (Link to the PDF https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.14318) (Link to a HTML page https://arxiv.org/html/2508.14318v1) The paper describes how coordinated AI loads can hammer on and destroy power infrastructure.
Reminds me of the August 2025 paper:
“Power Stabilization for AI Training Datacenters”
(Link to the PDF https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.14318)
(Link to a HTML page https://arxiv.org/html/2508.14318v1)
The paper describes how coordinated AI loads can hammer on and destroy power infrastructure.