Hospitals, first responders, and such, are all cloud driven operations nowadays.

It is really strange to see them categorized under

    Data centers and other large, non-critical power consumers

▲ criddell 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Whose fault is it if hospitals place critical data and services on systems for which the SLA cannot guarantee the service they require?

▲ tzury 3 days ago | parent [-]

Google Cloud in Texas:

    Region: us-south1 (Dallas)
    Zones: us-south1-a, us-south1-b, us-south1-c
    Availability: Dallas, Texas is also listed as a location for Vertex AI.

Azure in Texas:

    Region: "South Central US" (paired with "North Central US")
    Azure Government: Region in Austin, Texas
    Availability: Azure has a physical presence in Texas.

Imagine a vendor picking multi zone, or even Multi cloud...

This sounds like someone was trying to mitigate the "AI is eating our small town electricity" and threw the baby along with the water.

▲ mike_d 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Hospitals are categorized as critical care facilities, regardless of how much on prem compute they have.

Under national fire and electrical codes hospitals have to have at least three completely isolated power systems (these are the different colors of electrical outlets you see).

The life safety branch is the most critical and powers things like fire alarms, exit signs, stairwell lighting - anything required to evacuate patients.

The critical branch is patient care like ICU beds, ventilators, and operating rooms.

Lastly is the equipment branch which is essential to patient care but won't kill people immediately: HVAC, kitchens, and sterilization/cleaning equipment.

There is usually a fourth system for everything else, but these are the required ones. Each has its own requirements for battery and generator backup (life safety can't take more than 10 seconds to cut over), and usually the systems are wired so that they can draw power from lower priority circuits if needed.

▲ thrance 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Aren't there special clouds accredited for such use cases? Ones that probably won't be targeted by this sort of bills?