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minus-squareparpol@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 months agoSome companies like Microsoft have started buying old closed down nuclear power plants like Three Mile Island in order to use them to power their AI, so hopefully it can offset a large portion of the energy demand. https://www.npr.org/2024/09/20/nx-s1-5120581/three-mile-island-nuclear-power-plant-microsoft-ai
minus-squarevrighter@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoif the nuclear plant is actually reopened, it’s still be a huge waste. Because we really need that energy elsewhere rn
Some companies like Microsoft have started buying old closed down nuclear power plants like Three Mile Island in order to use them to power their AI, so hopefully it can offset a large portion of the energy demand.
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/20/nx-s1-5120581/three-mile-island-nuclear-power-plant-microsoft-ai
if the nuclear plant is actually reopened, it’s still be a huge waste. Because we really need that energy elsewhere rn