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Discussions tagged with power systems on WindowsForum.com cover two distinct areas: IBM Power Systems hardware running IBM i (the AS/400 lineage) and the broader topic of energy grid infrastructure. In the enterprise IT context, threads examine how IBM Power Systems deliver reliability, integrated transaction processing, and backward compatibility for large-scale retail operations like Costco. Separately, the tag appears in conversations about modernizing the electrical grid with artificial intelligence to handle surging demand, climate-driven electrification, and extreme weather events. While the tag spans both legacy midrange computing and energy-sector technology, the common thread is the focus on robust, mission-critical systems that underpin large organizations.
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    Costco's IBM i Backbone: Why AS/400 Lineage Still Drives Retail Scale

    Costco still runs a large slice of its retail operations on the same IBM iBM midrange lineage that traces back to the AS/400 — not because the company is stuck in the past, but because the platform delivers a combination of reliability, integrated transaction processing, backward compatibility...
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    Revolutionizing the Energy Grid with AI: Toward a Smarter, Resilient Future

    The evolution of the energy grid has quickly become one of the defining technological challenges of our time. As the lines between traditional utilities, critical infrastructure, and digital ecosystems blur, the quest to reimagine grid operations with artificial intelligence (AI) stands out as...
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