Google, Amazon buy nonexistent mini nuclear reactors for AI data centers : techtakes

[–] Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 8 points 3 weeks ago

Honestly thank god they're vaporware. Somehow I don't think we should have startups building actual nuclear reactors.

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 7 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

500 megawatts? Pshhj that's not even though to power the flux capacitor.

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[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 weeks ago

hol up google wants 500MW? that's 1. one regular sized reactor that could be delivered in the same timeframe, and 2. google uses already almost 3GW on average (2023), this is compared to about 2.5GW for ms of which something in the ballpark of 700MW just for ai. they're gonna need much more, like five regular sized reactors if they want to use entire baseload (that's how NPPs work best. the french made load-following NPPs but i guess it'd be harder to make them small) or swing wildly with power consumption to conform to renewables

[–] BasiqueEvangelist@mstdn.social 4 points 4 weeks ago

@dgerard somebody should found a startup and sell ASMRs to Google and Amazon

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I got into the wrong business.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 9 points 4 weeks ago

didn't we all

i sometimes wonder how i'd make money if i was unencumbered by ethics. i originally thought audiophiles, but then i discovered crypto, holy shit

ai is the same

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 2 points 3 weeks ago

[+] Broken_Monitor@lemmy.world -6 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (32 children)

Alright so you can have them funding the next generation of nuclear power, which would eventually bring this new form into the mainstream by having them deal with the costs associated with ironing out any issues they have and very likely making it economically viable…

Or…

These tech companies can use fossil fuels to power their AI. Like it or not, they arent going to stop developing AI and data centers. They need the power either way. Solar and wind won’t keep up with that level of demand and tech companies know it. So choose. Nuclear, or fossil fuels?

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[+] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world -13 points 4 weeks ago (10 children)

This is promising. The high energy demands of AI has big tech investing in the field of small modular reactors (SMR).

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