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an equipment failure on one dominion energy high-voltage line feeding ashburn, virginia — where more than two hundred data centers sit — produced a ten-minute power fluctuation felt from chicago to miami before automatic failovers held. separately hungary shut down paks, its only nuclear plant, for the first time because of record-low danube water, and finland confirmed it will decommission its last telecom fiber link to russia when the lease expires at end of 2026. three unrelated causes, one shared property: single points of failure carrying disproportionate load.

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