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TechCrunch May 15, 2026 at 18:14 Startups Rising Hot

Silicon Valley’s vacationland needs a new energy provider just as AI is driving prices up

Lake Tahoe, Silicon Valley's favorite ski spot, is about to get hit with higher energy prices as AI drives demand for electricity.

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May 15, 2026 at 18:14 TechCrunch

Silicon Valley’s vacationland needs a new energy provider just as AI is driving prices up

Lake Tahoe, Silicon Valley's favorite ski spot, is about to get hit with higher energy prices as AI drives demand for electricity.

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Energy supplier abandons Lake Tahoe residents to serve data centers

Town’s 49,000 California residents compete with Nevada data centers for energy.

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TechCrunch May 15, 2026 at 18:51 Startups
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A hotel check-in system left a million passports and driver’s licenses open for anyone to see

The tech company that maintains the hotel check-in system set its cloud storage to public, allowing anyone to access customers' data without a password.

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Fresh coverage with immediate momentum.

TechCrunch May 15, 2026 at 16:00 Startups
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OpenAI launches ChatGPT for personal finance, will let you connect bank accounts

Once users connect their accounts, they will see a dashboard of their portfolio performance, spending, subscriptions, and upcoming payments.

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Why now

Fresh coverage with immediate momentum.

TechCrunch May 15, 2026 at 15:45 Startups
Rising Hot

Power prices are up 76% on America’s biggest grid, and a watchdog is pointing fingers

The price spike is a reminder of a deeper problem: The U.S. power grid was not designed for the electricity demands of an AI-driven economy, and the gap between what the grid ca...

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Momentum is building quickly, so this card is a good early entry point into the topic.

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