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Google, Amazon buy nonexistent mini nuclear reactors for AI data centers (pivot-to-ai.com)
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BRING IT ON NITPICKY NUKE NERDS

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[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 4 weeks ago

square-cube law is in full force there

one argument in favour of SMRs i've seen is that while less efficient than regular sized reactors, these are cheaper per unit (but not for MW) so some of them can be built earlier than bigger reactors. which doesn't matter because these things don't exist