There are data centres, transformers, transmission lines, cooling systems, power plants, water supplies and human beings making consequential decisions. Tumbler Ridge was therefore a near-death experience for the belief that AI safety can remain principally a matter of voluntary corporate policy. When the Grid Tells AI to Bring Its Own PowerThe third warning comes from the extraordinary growth of AI infrastructure. During a severe heat wave, electricity can mean survivable indoor temperatures, refrigerated medicine, functioning hospitals and safe water systems. The danger is that AI demand is being added to systems already stressed by climate-driven cooling loads and aging infrastructure.