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Modern AI data centers consume enormous amounts of power, and it looks like they will get even more power-hungry in the coming years as companies like Google, Microsoft, Meta, and OpenAI strive towards artificial general intelligence (AGI). Oracle has already outlined plans to use nuclear power plants for its 1-gigawatt datacenters. It looks like Microsoft plans to do the same as it just inked a deal to restart a nuclear power plant to feed its data centers, reports Bloomberg.

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[-] [email protected] 35 points 22 hours ago

Honestly, it probably is a great idea regardless. The plant operated for a very long time profitably. I'm sure it can again with some maintenance and upgrades. People only know three mile island for the (not so disastrous) disaster, but the rest of the plant operated for decades after without any issues.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago

It's one of a hell of an old nuclear plant if it's the original three mile island one.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 7 hours ago

It is, yeah. It was in operation until 2019.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 16 hours ago

with some maintenance and upgrades.

Hopefully we can trust these tech bros to do that properly and without using their usual "move fast and break things" approach.

[-] [email protected] 16 points 13 hours ago

They are only buying 100% of the output. The old owners are still owning and operating it.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

And if they do skimp on maintenance and upgrades and the plant melts down, we can be assured that no harm will come to the company because the scale of the disaster would wipe them out and they're "too big to fail."

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