wires

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The biggest data centers each require tens of thousands of metric tons of copper for all the wires, busbars, circuit boards, transformers and other electrical components inside.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

What was once a densely populated, lively community is now a landscape of collapsed concrete, twisted metal and exposed wires.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

It now wires every data center on Earth.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

National Highways continued to monitor bat species and said a survey in 2018 indicated that bat wires were helping to guide over 40 percent of monitored bats safely across the carriageway.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

“Filled with gears and pulleys and wires and an elaborate computer system.”

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket