Predicting power outages from space: the data behind grid resilience
In the last week of June 2026, France recorded its hottest day since national measurements began in 1947. With temperatures climbing past 40 degrees, rivers warmed, and the infrastructure built to keep the lights on began to fail in ways that were, at least on paper, entirely foreseeable. A reactor unit at the Golfech plant […]
Infrastructure stress testing with synthetic data: preparing critical assets for extreme weather
Most of the infrastructure we depend on was designed for a climate that does not exist anymore. Bridges, pipelines, power grids and transport corridors were engineered for the weather of the past, made to withstand the worst conditions recorded in the few decades before they were built. Infrastructure is generally built to the climate norms […]
