Paraguay Suffers Massive Blackout Affecting Millions
On Feb. 19, a massive blackout left nearly five million people—about 90% of National Electricity Administration (ANDE) customers—without power in Paraguay amid a heat wave with temperatures up to 116°F. The outage disrupted water services and hospitals; ANDE blamed transmission lines linked to the Itaipú hydroelectric plant while denying generation faults, underscoring transmission and distribution weaknesses that threaten planned data-center and AI investments.
Key Points
- 1Reports show transmission failure caused blackout, cutting power to about 90% of ANDE customers (~5 million)
- 2Heat wave with temperatures up to 116°F exacerbated impacts, disrupting water services and hospital operations nationwide
- 3Signals transmission and distribution weaknesses could hinder planned data center and AI investments without infrastructure upgrades
Scoring Rationale
National-scale infrastructure failure raises investor and operational concerns, but coverage relies on single-source reporting and limited technical detail.
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