A warning that the US could see attacks on its power grid within the next year, framed as bad news for anyone in a big city and for an economy leaning on the AI boom.

• Professor Jiang expects a major disruption to the American electricity grid, possibly staged, sometime in the next year.
• The White House has shifted its stated top threat away from Ukraine and Iran toward attacks on infrastructure at home — the grid, data centers, and the financial system.
• The logic is economic: if the AI bubble pops and millions lose work, a crisis at home gives leaders something else to blame.
• A blackout in a city like New York would hit food and water first, since fridges fail and supplies rot within a day.

Outlook: The risk is tied to the run-up to the 2028 election, so expect more official focus on grid and data-center security rather than an immediate event.