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Datacentre operators want to keep energy costs down and also have capital to make it happen.





weird i didn't know they could build nuclear power plants (surely you are being sarcastic?)

also this is weird i thought electricity prices only get cheaper? https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU000072610


Yes, tech corps have actually have been investing in nuclear. See some recent discussion:

Microsoft: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41601443

Google: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41840769


would be great if ai forces better energy. but

> The deal would help enable a revival of Unit 1 of the five-decades-old facility in Pennsylvania that was retired in 2019 due to economic reasons.

i wonder why they stopped producing energy in 2019 even though energy prices have gone up over the five decades?




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