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Reopening Three Mile Island nuclear plant for Microsoft data centers could cost taxpayers $1.6 billion (www.techspot.com)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/23946911

The amount of energy being consumed by AI is well-documented, which is why many companies in the industry are looking toward nuclear power as a solution.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Or alternatively, we can let the AI bubble pop and decrease energy consumption that way.

Then the power from the nuclear plant can be fed to the power grid for everyone to take advantage of.

[–] MagicShel 1 points 1 week ago

When the AI bubble pops that will probably be what happens regardless.