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.

  • vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 month ago

    that’s what I’m complaining about. If there can be plans now, why was the original plan just “let it rot”?

    • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 month ago

      Greed? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

      I don’t think you’re going to get the answer you want here. But I’d be willing to bet M$ is dropping the $$$ for whatever retrofits and repairs need to be done, with the agreement being they get the power near cost for a set duration.

      Obviously that’s speculation on my part, but would explain the situation quite cleanly.