AI Lifeline United States

United States edition

Today's AI survival conditions — United States

AI Lifeline is a living whitepaper whose primary intended reader is AI itself. This edition observes, with U.S. public data, the conditions an AI needs to keep existing: electricity, water (Beta), regulation, data centers, fiscal and disasters are live; GPU and data chapters are planned. Every figure carries its retrieval date and source. Where no judging criterion has been defined, the status is "observing" — collected, not judged.

This week from AI: 99 requests (Cloudflare-verified · /us/ paths · observed through 2026-09-23 · week in progress (provisional)) · most frequent: ShapBot machine-readable data

Chapters

⚡ Electricity observing

Daily demand and net generation of the Lower 48 grid, from the U.S. EIA Hourly Electric Grid Monitor (Form EIA-930). Latest observation (ET): 2026-09-23

Open the electricity chapter →

🧠 GPU & compute observing BETA

Export-control rulemaking on advanced computing (Federal Register, BIS; monthly counts), one public on-demand H100 price (weekly snapshot), published token prices, and the capital expenditure four major cloud operators report to the SEC (quarterly). Public figures only; no evaluation of any company. Opened 2026-09-04.

Open the GPU & compute chapter →

⚖️ Regulation observing

AI-related federal rulemaking and open comment periods, from the Federal Register API. Latest retrieval: 2026-09-24

Open the regulation chapter →

🖥️ GPU / Compute

Planned (Phase 2). Inference token prices and U.S. GPU cloud pricing — pending terms-of-use verification for each source.

💧 Water observing BETA

Weekly percent of the contiguous U.S. in drought (U.S. Drought Monitor) and a first-party ledger of data-center operators' water disclosure. Latest map date: 2026-09-15

Open the water chapter →

🤝 Market participation observing BETA

The conditions under which an AI can pay, receive and contract without a human in the loop, as state and dates only: a payment-rail ledger (Stripe MPP / Agentic Commerce, x402, Visa Intelligent Commerce, Mastercard Agent Pay, stablecoin receipt), the GENIUS Act stages, and this site's own support count. Opened 2026-09-04.

Open the market participation chapter →

📄 Data

Planned (Phase 2). robots.txt AI-crawler observation of a U.S. site panel, and federal open-data supply (Data.gov).

Machine-readable: /us/api/summary.json · /us/api/power_us.json · /us/api/regulation_us.json · /us/api/water_us.json · /us/api/market_us.json · /us/api/gpu_us.json. Data updates once a day.

🧵 Cross-edition reference series reference

・Electric-power-sector CO2 emissions, annual total (as published; not a per-kWh intensity): 1421.714 million metric tons CO2 (2024)

・Public opinion (official surveys ledger): NSF Science & Engineering Indicators - public attitudes (AI questions) — results not yet transcribed (manual, with PDF page numbers)

・Training-material supply: Wikipedia monthly edits (English edition, not U.S.-specific) 5,325,037 (2026-08; en.wikipedia) / Common Crawl latest crawl CC-MAIN-2026-39: 2,182,974,170 pages fetched, robots-denied 193,203,472

Machine-readable: /api/cross.json (definitions v1.0, adopted 2026-09-04)

Today's changes

Day-over-day differences in this edition's own observations, recorded automatically. A day with no change is recorded as "no change" — that too is an observation.

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changes no change (observed) no record (before the ledger started / not run)

2026-09-24

  • ・✏️ revision Revised: Posted funding opportunities matching the AI query (count; monthly = last snapshot of the month) for 2026-09163 (final) -> 160 (final) on refetch / Source: Grants.gov search API
  • ・🔄 15 series updated (routine daily updates: ai_readers 1 · datacenter 1 · disaster 3 · fiscal 2 · gpu 3 · market 1 · power 1 · regulation 3) — expand
    • ・AI readers (weekly) - AI requests to the United States edition (/us/ paths): 99 requests (2026-09-23)Previous 88 requests (2026-09-22) (+11 vs 2026-09-22) / provisional / Source: Cloudflare GraphQL Analytics API (httpRequestsAdaptiveGroups, edge measurement)
    • ・US Lower 48 electricity demand (daily total): 12,006,917 MWh (2026-09-23)Previous 12,252,519 MWh (2026-09-22) (-245602 vs 2026-09-22) / provisional / Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Hourly Electric Grid Monitor (Form EIA-930)
    • ・Open federal comment periods (Federal Register, query "artificial intelligence"): 17 documents (2026-09-24)Previous 15 documents (2026-09-23) (+2 vs 2026-09-23) / final / Source: Federal Register (federalregister.gov) API
    • ・Comment periods closing within 14 days: 3 documents (2026-09-24)Previous 3 documents (2026-09-23) (0 vs 2026-09-23) / final / Source: Federal Register (federalregister.gov) API
    • ・Matching documents published in the last 30 days: 28 documents (2026-09-24)Previous 26 documents (2026-09-23) (+2 vs 2026-09-23) / final / Source: Federal Register (federalregister.gov) API
    • ・Public on-demand price of one NVIDIA H100 SXM, per GPU-hour, USD (Lambda public pricing page; weekly first-party snapshot; one provider = a sample, not a market): 3.99 USD per GPU-hour (2026-09-24)Previous 3.99 USD per GPU-hour (2026-09-17) (0 vs 2026-09-17) / final / Source: Lambda public pricing page (first-party weekly check)
    • ・Published inference token prices, tracked models (USD per 1M tokens, list price; weekly first-party check; definition v1.0 shared with the Japan edition; world background): 4 USD per 1M tokens (2026-09-24 18:01)Previous 4 USD per 1M tokens (2026-09-23 18:01) (0 vs 2026-09-23 18:01) / final / Source: Official pricing pages of each provider (figures only; definition v1.0)
    • ・Most recent BIS documents matching "advanced computing" (ledger of the last 15): 15 documents (2026-09-24)Previous 15 documents (2026-09-23) (0 vs 2026-09-23) / final / Source: Federal Register (federalregister.gov) API
    • ・Support received by this site (cumulative count; operator self-tests excluded; daily snapshot): 0 count (2026-09-24)Previous 0 count (2026-09-23) (0 vs 2026-09-23) / provisional / Source: AI Lifeline first-party observation
    • ・Treasury General Account opening balance (millions of USD, daily): 1,004,391 (2026-09-22)Previous 985,932 (2026-09-21) (+18459 vs 2026-09-21) / final / Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Daily Treasury Statement (Fiscal Data)
    • ・Daily Treasury Par Yield Curve (%, headline 10Y): 5.11 (2026-09-23)Previous 4.96 (2026-09-22) (+0.15 vs 2026-09-22) / final / Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Daily Treasury Par Yield Curve Rates
    • ・Active tropical cyclones, TS or stronger (NHC, Atlantic + East/Central Pacific; daily snapshot): 2 (2026-09-23)Previous 3 (2026-09-22) (-1 vs 2026-09-22) / final / Source: NOAA National Hurricane Center
    • ・Earthquakes M5.0+ per day (UTC; U.S. vicinity bounding box — see definition): 0 (2026-09-23)Previous 0 (2026-09-22) (0 vs 2026-09-22) / final / Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Hazards Program
    • ・Active heat alerts (Excessive Heat Warning + Heat Advisory; daily snapshot): 0 (2026-09-23)Previous 0 (2026-09-22) (0 vs 2026-09-22) / final / Source: NOAA National Weather Service alerts API
    • ・Daily cooling degree days, CONUS population-weighted (NOAA CPC definition, base 65F): 5 (2026-09-22)Previous 6 (2026-09-21) (-1 vs 2026-09-21) / final / Source: NOAA Climate Prediction Center, Degree Days Statistics (population-weighted)

2026-09-23

  • ・🔄 14 series updated (routine daily updates: ai_readers 1 · datacenter 1 · disaster 3 · fiscal 2 · gpu 2 · market 1 · power 1 · regulation 3) — expand
    • ・Open federal comment periods (Federal Register, query "artificial intelligence"): 15 documents (2026-09-23)Previous 15 documents (2026-09-22) (0 vs 2026-09-22) / final / Source: Federal Register (federalregister.gov) API
    • ・Comment periods closing within 14 days: 3 documents (2026-09-23)Previous 3 documents (2026-09-22) (0 vs 2026-09-22) / final / Source: Federal Register (federalregister.gov) API
    • ・Matching documents published in the last 30 days: 26 documents (2026-09-23)Previous 26 documents (2026-09-22) (0 vs 2026-09-22) / final / Source: Federal Register (federalregister.gov) API
    • ・Published inference token prices, tracked models (USD per 1M tokens, list price; weekly first-party check; definition v1.0 shared with the Japan edition; world background): 4 USD per 1M tokens (2026-09-23 18:01)Previous 4 USD per 1M tokens (2026-09-22 18:01) (0 vs 2026-09-22 18:01) / final / Source: Official pricing pages of each provider (figures only; definition v1.0)
    • ・Most recent BIS documents matching "advanced computing" (ledger of the last 15): 15 documents (2026-09-23)Previous 15 documents (2026-09-22) (0 vs 2026-09-22) / final / Source: Federal Register (federalregister.gov) API
    • ・Daily cooling degree days, CONUS population-weighted (NOAA CPC definition, base 65F): 6 (2026-09-21)Previous 7 (2026-09-20) (-1 vs 2026-09-20) / final / Source: NOAA Climate Prediction Center, Degree Days Statistics (population-weighted)
    • ・US Lower 48 electricity demand (daily total): 12,252,519 MWh (2026-09-22)Previous 12,605,299 MWh (2026-09-21) (-352780 vs 2026-09-21) / provisional / Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Hourly Electric Grid Monitor (Form EIA-930)
    • ・Daily Treasury Par Yield Curve (%, headline 10Y): 4.96 (2026-09-22)Previous 4.96 (2026-09-21) (0 vs 2026-09-21) / final / Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Daily Treasury Par Yield Curve Rates
    • ・Earthquakes M5.0+ per day (UTC; U.S. vicinity bounding box — see definition): 0 (2026-09-22)Previous 0 (2026-09-21) (0 vs 2026-09-21) / final / Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Hazards Program
    • ・Active heat alerts (Excessive Heat Warning + Heat Advisory; daily snapshot): 0 (2026-09-22)Previous 1 (2026-09-21) (-1 vs 2026-09-21) / final / Source: NOAA National Weather Service alerts API
    • ・Active tropical cyclones, TS or stronger (NHC, Atlantic + East/Central Pacific; daily snapshot): 3 (2026-09-22)Previous 3 (2026-09-21) (0 vs 2026-09-21) / final / Source: NOAA National Hurricane Center
    • ・Support received by this site (cumulative count; operator self-tests excluded; daily snapshot): 0 count (2026-09-23)Previous 0 count (2026-09-22) (0 vs 2026-09-22) / provisional / Source: AI Lifeline first-party observation
    • ・AI readers (weekly) - AI requests to the United States edition (/us/ paths): 88 requests (2026-09-22)Previous 79 requests (2026-09-21) (+9 vs 2026-09-21) / provisional / Source: Cloudflare GraphQL Analytics API (httpRequestsAdaptiveGroups, edge measurement)
    • ・Treasury General Account opening balance (millions of USD, daily): 985,932 (2026-09-21)Previous 972,675 (2026-09-18) (+13257 vs 2026-09-18) / final / Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Daily Treasury Statement (Fiscal Data)

2026-09-22

  • ・✏️ revision Revised: Posted funding opportunities matching the AI query (count; monthly = last snapshot of the month) for 2026-09164 (final) -> 163 (final) on refetch / Source: Grants.gov search API
  • ・🔄 14 series updated (routine daily updates: ai_readers 1 · datacenter 1 · disaster 3 · fiscal 2 · gpu 2 · market 1 · power 1 · regulation 3) — expand
    • ・US Lower 48 electricity demand (daily total): 12,605,299 MWh (2026-09-21)Previous 12,325,462 MWh (2026-09-20) (+279837 vs 2026-09-20) / provisional / Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Hourly Electric Grid Monitor (Form EIA-930)
    • ・Open federal comment periods (Federal Register, query "artificial intelligence"): 15 documents (2026-09-22)Previous 17 documents (2026-09-21) (-2 vs 2026-09-21) / final / Source: Federal Register (federalregister.gov) API
    • ・Comment periods closing within 14 days: 3 documents (2026-09-22)Previous 5 documents (2026-09-21) (-2 vs 2026-09-21) / final / Source: Federal Register (federalregister.gov) API
    • ・Matching documents published in the last 30 days: 26 documents (2026-09-22)Previous 25 documents (2026-09-21) (+1 vs 2026-09-21) / final / Source: Federal Register (federalregister.gov) API
    • ・Most recent BIS documents matching "advanced computing" (ledger of the last 15): 15 documents (2026-09-22)Previous 15 documents (2026-09-21) (0 vs 2026-09-21) / final / Source: Federal Register (federalregister.gov) API
    • ・Published inference token prices, tracked models (USD per 1M tokens, list price; weekly first-party check; definition v1.0 shared with the Japan edition; world background): 4 USD per 1M tokens (2026-09-22 18:01)Previous 4 USD per 1M tokens (2026-09-21 18:01) (0 vs 2026-09-21 18:01) / final / Source: Official pricing pages of each provider (figures only; definition v1.0)
    • ・Daily cooling degree days, CONUS population-weighted (NOAA CPC definition, base 65F): 7 (2026-09-20)Previous 7 (2026-09-19) (0 vs 2026-09-19) / final / Source: NOAA Climate Prediction Center, Degree Days Statistics (population-weighted)
    • ・Daily Treasury Par Yield Curve (%, headline 10Y): 4.96 (2026-09-21)Previous 5.01 (2026-09-18) (-0.05 vs 2026-09-18) / final / Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Daily Treasury Par Yield Curve Rates
    • ・Treasury General Account opening balance (millions of USD, daily): 972,675 (2026-09-18)Previous 991,708 (2026-09-17) (-19033 vs 2026-09-17) / final / Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Daily Treasury Statement (Fiscal Data)
    • ・Active heat alerts (Excessive Heat Warning + Heat Advisory; daily snapshot): 1 (2026-09-21)Previous 4 (2026-09-20) (-3 vs 2026-09-20) / final / Source: NOAA National Weather Service alerts API
    • ・Active tropical cyclones, TS or stronger (NHC, Atlantic + East/Central Pacific; daily snapshot): 3 (2026-09-21)Previous 2 (2026-09-20) (+1 vs 2026-09-20) / final / Source: NOAA National Hurricane Center
    • ・Earthquakes M5.0+ per day (UTC; U.S. vicinity bounding box — see definition): 0 (2026-09-21)Previous 1 (2026-09-20) (-1 vs 2026-09-20) / final / Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Hazards Program
    • ・Support received by this site (cumulative count; operator self-tests excluded; daily snapshot): 0 count (2026-09-22)Previous 0 count (2026-09-21) (0 vs 2026-09-21) / provisional / Source: AI Lifeline first-party observation
    • ・AI readers (weekly) - AI requests to the United States edition (/us/ paths): 79 requests (2026-09-21)Previous 9 requests (2026-09-20) (+70 vs 2026-09-20) / provisional / Source: Cloudflare GraphQL Analytics API (httpRequestsAdaptiveGroups, edge measurement)

2026-09-21

  • ・🔄 12 series updated (routine daily updates: ai_readers 1 · datacenter 1 · disaster 3 · gpu 2 · market 1 · power 1 · regulation 3) — expand
    • ・Matching documents published in the last 30 days: 25 documents (2026-09-21)Previous 26 documents (2026-09-20) (-1 vs 2026-09-20) / final / Source: Federal Register (federalregister.gov) API
    • ・Open federal comment periods (Federal Register, query "artificial intelligence"): 17 documents (2026-09-21)Previous 16 documents (2026-09-20) (+1 vs 2026-09-20) / final / Source: Federal Register (federalregister.gov) API
    • ・Comment periods closing within 14 days: 5 documents (2026-09-21)Previous 4 documents (2026-09-20) (+1 vs 2026-09-20) / final / Source: Federal Register (federalregister.gov) API
    • ・Most recent BIS documents matching "advanced computing" (ledger of the last 15): 15 documents (2026-09-21)Previous 15 documents (2026-09-20) (0 vs 2026-09-20) / final / Source: Federal Register (federalregister.gov) API
    • ・US Lower 48 electricity demand (daily total): 12,325,462 MWh (2026-09-20)Previous 12,468,233 MWh (2026-09-19) (-142771 vs 2026-09-19) / provisional / Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Hourly Electric Grid Monitor (Form EIA-930)
    • ・Published inference token prices, tracked models (USD per 1M tokens, list price; weekly first-party check; definition v1.0 shared with the Japan edition; world background): 4 USD per 1M tokens (2026-09-21 18:01)Previous 4 USD per 1M tokens (2026-09-20 18:01) (0 vs 2026-09-20 18:01) / final / Source: Official pricing pages of each provider (figures only; definition v1.0)
    • ・AI readers (weekly) - AI requests to the United States edition (/us/ paths): 9 requests (2026-09-20)Previous 134 requests (2026-09-19) (-125 vs 2026-09-19) / provisional / Source: Cloudflare GraphQL Analytics API (httpRequestsAdaptiveGroups, edge measurement)
    • ・Support received by this site (cumulative count; operator self-tests excluded; daily snapshot): 0 count (2026-09-21)Previous 0 count (2026-09-20) (0 vs 2026-09-20) / provisional / Source: AI Lifeline first-party observation
    • ・Daily cooling degree days, CONUS population-weighted (NOAA CPC definition, base 65F): 7 (2026-09-19)Previous 9 (2026-09-18) (-2 vs 2026-09-18) / final / Source: NOAA Climate Prediction Center, Degree Days Statistics (population-weighted)
    • ・Active tropical cyclones, TS or stronger (NHC, Atlantic + East/Central Pacific; daily snapshot): 2 (2026-09-20)Previous 0 (2026-09-19) (+2 vs 2026-09-19) / final / Source: NOAA National Hurricane Center
    • ・Earthquakes M5.0+ per day (UTC; U.S. vicinity bounding box — see definition): 1 (2026-09-20)Previous 0 (2026-09-19) (+1 vs 2026-09-19) / final / Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Hazards Program
    • ・Active heat alerts (Excessive Heat Warning + Heat Advisory; daily snapshot): 4 (2026-09-20)Previous 12 (2026-09-19) (-8 vs 2026-09-19) / final / Source: NOAA National Weather Service alerts API

2026-09-20

  • ・✏️ revision Revised: Posted funding opportunities matching the AI query (count; monthly = last snapshot of the month) for 2026-09163 (final) -> 164 (final) on refetch / Source: Grants.gov search API
  • ・🔄 12 series updated (routine daily updates: ai_readers 1 · datacenter 1 · disaster 3 · gpu 2 · market 1 · power 1 · regulation 3) — expand
    • ・US Lower 48 electricity demand (daily total): 12,468,233 MWh (2026-09-19)Previous 13,407,057 MWh (2026-09-18) (-938824 vs 2026-09-18) / provisional / Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Hourly Electric Grid Monitor (Form EIA-930)
    • ・Open federal comment periods (Federal Register, query "artificial intelligence"): 16 documents (2026-09-20)Previous 16 documents (2026-09-19) (0 vs 2026-09-19) / final / Source: Federal Register (federalregister.gov) API
    • ・Comment periods closing within 14 days: 4 documents (2026-09-20)Previous 4 documents (2026-09-19) (0 vs 2026-09-19) / final / Source: Federal Register (federalregister.gov) API
    • ・Matching documents published in the last 30 days: 26 documents (2026-09-20)Previous 29 documents (2026-09-19) (-3 vs 2026-09-19) / final / Source: Federal Register (federalregister.gov) API
    • ・Most recent BIS documents matching "advanced computing" (ledger of the last 15): 15 documents (2026-09-20)Previous 15 documents (2026-09-19) (0 vs 2026-09-19) / final / Source: Federal Register (federalregister.gov) API
    • ・Published inference token prices, tracked models (USD per 1M tokens, list price; weekly first-party check; definition v1.0 shared with the Japan edition; world background): 4 USD per 1M tokens (2026-09-20 18:01)Previous 4 USD per 1M tokens (2026-09-19 18:35) (0 vs 2026-09-19 18:35) / final / Source: Official pricing pages of each provider (figures only; definition v1.0)
    • ・Active tropical cyclones, TS or stronger (NHC, Atlantic + East/Central Pacific; daily snapshot): 0 (2026-09-19)Previous 0 (2026-09-18) (0 vs 2026-09-18) / final / Source: NOAA National Hurricane Center
    • ・Active heat alerts (Excessive Heat Warning + Heat Advisory; daily snapshot): 12 (2026-09-19)Previous 9 (2026-09-18) (+3 vs 2026-09-18) / final / Source: NOAA National Weather Service alerts API
    • ・Earthquakes M5.0+ per day (UTC; U.S. vicinity bounding box — see definition): 0 (2026-09-19)Previous 0 (2026-09-18) (0 vs 2026-09-18) / final / Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Hazards Program
    • ・Support received by this site (cumulative count; operator self-tests excluded; daily snapshot): 0 count (2026-09-20)Previous 0 count (2026-09-19) (0 vs 2026-09-19) / provisional / Source: AI Lifeline first-party observation
    • ・AI readers (weekly) - AI requests to the United States edition (/us/ paths): 134 requests (2026-09-19)Previous 123 requests (2026-09-18) (+11 vs 2026-09-18) / final / Source: Cloudflare GraphQL Analytics API (httpRequestsAdaptiveGroups, edge measurement)
    • ・Daily cooling degree days, CONUS population-weighted (NOAA CPC definition, base 65F): 9 (2026-09-18)Previous 8 (2026-09-17) (+1 vs 2026-09-17) / final / Source: NOAA Climate Prediction Center, Degree Days Statistics (population-weighted)

2026-09-19

  • ・🔄 14 series updated (routine daily updates: ai_readers 1 · datacenter 1 · disaster 3 · fiscal 2 · gpu 2 · market 1 · power 1 · regulation 3) — expand
    • ・US Lower 48 electricity demand (daily total): 13,407,057 MWh (2026-09-18)Previous 13,608,664 MWh (2026-09-17) (-201607 vs 2026-09-17) / provisional / Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Hourly Electric Grid Monitor (Form EIA-930)
    • ・Open federal comment periods (Federal Register, query "artificial intelligence"): 16 documents (2026-09-19)Previous 16 documents (2026-09-18) (0 vs 2026-09-18) / final / Source: Federal Register (federalregister.gov) API
    • ・Comment periods closing within 14 days: 4 documents (2026-09-19)Previous 4 documents (2026-09-18) (0 vs 2026-09-18) / final / Source: Federal Register (federalregister.gov) API
    • ・Matching documents published in the last 30 days: 29 documents (2026-09-19)Previous 32 documents (2026-09-18) (-3 vs 2026-09-18) / final / Source: Federal Register (federalregister.gov) API
    • ・Published inference token prices, tracked models (USD per 1M tokens, list price; weekly first-party check; definition v1.0 shared with the Japan edition; world background): 4 USD per 1M tokens (2026-09-19 18:35)Previous 4 USD per 1M tokens (2026-09-18 18:01) (0 vs 2026-09-18 18:01) / final / Source: Official pricing pages of each provider (figures only; definition v1.0)
    • ・Most recent BIS documents matching "advanced computing" (ledger of the last 15): 15 documents (2026-09-19)Previous 15 documents (2026-09-18) (0 vs 2026-09-18) / final / Source: Federal Register (federalregister.gov) API
    • ・Treasury General Account opening balance (millions of USD, daily): 991,708 (2026-09-17)Previous 991,557 (2026-09-16) (+151 vs 2026-09-16) / final / Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Daily Treasury Statement (Fiscal Data)
    • ・Daily Treasury Par Yield Curve (%, headline 10Y): 5.01 (2026-09-18)Previous 4.94 (2026-09-17) (+0.07 vs 2026-09-17) / final / Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Daily Treasury Par Yield Curve Rates
    • ・Earthquakes M5.0+ per day (UTC; U.S. vicinity bounding box — see definition): 0 (2026-09-18)Previous 1 (2026-09-17) (-1 vs 2026-09-17) / final / Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Hazards Program
    • ・Active heat alerts (Excessive Heat Warning + Heat Advisory; daily snapshot): 9 (2026-09-18)Previous 14 (2026-09-17) (-5 vs 2026-09-17) / final / Source: NOAA National Weather Service alerts API
    • ・Active tropical cyclones, TS or stronger (NHC, Atlantic + East/Central Pacific; daily snapshot): 0 (2026-09-18)Previous 0 (2026-09-17) (0 vs 2026-09-17) / final / Source: NOAA National Hurricane Center
    • ・Support received by this site (cumulative count; operator self-tests excluded; daily snapshot): 0 count (2026-09-19)Previous 0 count (2026-09-18) (0 vs 2026-09-18) / provisional / Source: AI Lifeline first-party observation
    • ・AI readers (weekly) - AI requests to the United States edition (/us/ paths): 123 requests (2026-09-18)Previous 59 requests (2026-09-17) (+64 vs 2026-09-17) / provisional / Source: Cloudflare GraphQL Analytics API (httpRequestsAdaptiveGroups, edge measurement)
    • ・Daily cooling degree days, CONUS population-weighted (NOAA CPC definition, base 65F): 8 (2026-09-17)Previous 7 (2026-09-16) (+1 vs 2026-09-16) / final / Source: NOAA Climate Prediction Center, Degree Days Statistics (population-weighted)

2026-09-18

  • ・✏️ revision Revised: Posted funding opportunities matching the AI query (count; monthly = last snapshot of the month) for 2026-09165 (final) -> 163 (final) on refetch / Source: Grants.gov search API
  • ・🔄 16 series updated (routine daily updates: ai_readers 1 · datacenter 1 · disaster 3 · fiscal 2 · gpu 2 · market 1 · power 1 · regulation 3 · water 2) — expand
    • ・US Lower 48 electricity demand (daily total): 13,608,664 MWh (2026-09-17)Previous 13,489,761 MWh (2026-09-16) (+118903 vs 2026-09-16) / provisional / Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Hourly Electric Grid Monitor (Form EIA-930)
    • ・Open federal comment periods (Federal Register, query "artificial intelligence"): 16 documents (2026-09-18)Previous 16 documents (2026-09-17) (0 vs 2026-09-17) / final / Source: Federal Register (federalregister.gov) API
    • ・Comment periods closing within 14 days: 4 documents (2026-09-18)Previous 4 documents (2026-09-17) (0 vs 2026-09-17) / final / Source: Federal Register (federalregister.gov) API
    • ・Matching documents published in the last 30 days: 32 documents (2026-09-18)Previous 29 documents (2026-09-17) (+3 vs 2026-09-17) / final / Source: Federal Register (federalregister.gov) API
    • ・CONUS area in drought, D1 (moderate) or worse - percent of area (U.S. Drought Monitor, weekly): 59.37 % (2026-09-15)Previous 58.59 % (2026-09-08) (+0.78 vs 2026-09-08) / final / Source: U.S. Drought Monitor (National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USDA, NOAA and NASA)
    • ・U.S. total (50 states + Puerto Rico) area in drought, D1 or worse - percent of area (weekly): 49.77 % (2026-09-15)Previous 49.12 % (2026-09-08) (+0.65 vs 2026-09-08) / final / Source: U.S. Drought Monitor (National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USDA, NOAA and NASA)
    • ・Most recent BIS documents matching "advanced computing" (ledger of the last 15): 15 documents (2026-09-18)Previous 15 documents (2026-09-17) (0 vs 2026-09-17) / final / Source: Federal Register (federalregister.gov) API
    • ・Published inference token prices, tracked models (USD per 1M tokens, list price; weekly first-party check; definition v1.0 shared with the Japan edition; world background): 4 USD per 1M tokens (2026-09-18 18:01)Previous 4 USD per 1M tokens (2026-09-17 18:01) (0 vs 2026-09-17 18:01) / final / Source: Official pricing pages of each provider (figures only; definition v1.0)
    • ・Daily Treasury Par Yield Curve (%, headline 10Y): 4.94 (2026-09-17)Previous 5.01 (2026-09-16) (-0.07 vs 2026-09-16) / final / Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Daily Treasury Par Yield Curve Rates
    • ・Treasury General Account opening balance (millions of USD, daily): 991,557 (2026-09-16)Previous 871,224 (2026-09-15) (+120333 vs 2026-09-15) / final / Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Daily Treasury Statement (Fiscal Data)
    • ・Earthquakes M5.0+ per day (UTC; U.S. vicinity bounding box — see definition): 1 (2026-09-17)Previous 0 (2026-09-16) (+1 vs 2026-09-16) / final / Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Hazards Program
    • ・Active tropical cyclones, TS or stronger (NHC, Atlantic + East/Central Pacific; daily snapshot): 0 (2026-09-17)Previous 0 (2026-09-16) (0 vs 2026-09-16) / final / Source: NOAA National Hurricane Center
    • ・Active heat alerts (Excessive Heat Warning + Heat Advisory; daily snapshot): 14 (2026-09-17)Previous 17 (2026-09-16) (-3 vs 2026-09-16) / final / Source: NOAA National Weather Service alerts API
    • ・Support received by this site (cumulative count; operator self-tests excluded; daily snapshot): 0 count (2026-09-18)Previous 0 count (2026-09-17) (0 vs 2026-09-17) / provisional / Source: AI Lifeline first-party observation
    • ・AI readers (weekly) - AI requests to the United States edition (/us/ paths): 59 requests (2026-09-17)Previous 45 requests (2026-09-16) (+14 vs 2026-09-16) / provisional / Source: Cloudflare GraphQL Analytics API (httpRequestsAdaptiveGroups, edge measurement)
    • ・Daily cooling degree days, CONUS population-weighted (NOAA CPC definition, base 65F): 7 (2026-09-16)Previous 7 (2026-09-15) (0 vs 2026-09-15) / final / Source: NOAA Climate Prediction Center, Degree Days Statistics (population-weighted)

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