I was surprised as well, it seems like such a critical aspect of the gird. It's shocking to me that even China was reliant on US tech until recently. As for the safety implications, you only need to look at this sort of stuff.

[–] haui@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Damn. And the smugness is unbelievable.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 5 days ago

truly

[–] ikilledtheradiostar@hexbear.net 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Why is this writing style tolerated? So many useless words and details

[–] cornishon@lemmygrad.ml 31 points 5 days ago

The Tianquan project began in 2018, immediately after US President Donald Trump launched a trade war against China during his first term.

They really shouldn't have awakened the sleeping dragon.

[–] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 5 days ago (1 children)

coincidentally san francisco was without power for quite a while today

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Thanks to the AI bubble, I expect we'll be seeing a lot more of that happening in the US. You can't route power that doesn't exist after all.