A lot of power for AI and cloud datacenters.

Modern AI data centers consume enormous amounts of power, and it looks like they will get even more power-hungry in the coming years as companies like Google, Microsoft, Meta, and OpenAI strive towards artificial general intelligence (AGI). Oracle has already outlined plans to use nuclear power plants for its 1-gigawatt datacenters. It looks like Microsoft plans to do the same as it just inked a deal to restart a nuclear power plant to feed its data centers, reports Bloomberg.

  • Jo Miran@lemmy.mlEnglish
    156·
    2 months ago

    I am all for nuclear power, but I’d rather it be from modern reactor designs and builds, and I’d rather it not be wasted on bullshit.

    • krashmo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      92·
      2 months ago

      Hey now that’s not fair. AI can randomize your music playlists, summarize an email, write terrible code, steal others work, and completely invade your privacy.

      What’s that? Oh, I guess you’re right, we could do all that stuff already.

    • IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      I’d rather it be from modern reactor designs and builds

      There’s a reason new nuclear loses out to renewables and storage, it’s just too expensive. Microsoft are paying to start up an existing reactor.