L4sBotMB to [email protected]English • 2 years agoMicrosoft Looking to Use Nuclear Reactors to Power Its Data Centerswww.extremetech.comexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1326
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minus-squaresebinspacelinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoNuclear power is not exclusively used for AI. Additionally, if they have their own power, then that frees up whatever energy they use for AI from other plants to be used for other purposes.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoit still isn‘t a net gain for public infrastructure. which already lacks much needed investment.
minus-squaresebinspacelinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoIt can be a net gain, who knows what one of these reactors will output?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoIf they do feed the grid, they’ll probably get some credit back which ultimately lines their pockets instead of funding public infrastructure.
minus-squaresebinspacelinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoHow is that any different from my putting solar panels and selling my excess?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoYes, you’re not a corporation, you’re an individual person. The difference is scale.
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Nuclear power is not exclusively used for AI. Additionally, if they have their own power, then that frees up whatever energy they use for AI from other plants to be used for other purposes.
it still isn‘t a net gain for public infrastructure. which already lacks much needed investment.
It can be a net gain, who knows what one of these reactors will output?
If they do feed the grid, they’ll probably get some credit back which ultimately lines their pockets instead of funding public infrastructure.
How is that any different from my putting solar panels and selling my excess?
Yes, you’re not a corporation, you’re an individual person. The difference is scale.