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> burning GPUs and pushing CO2 in the atmosphere My startup develops AI for the nuclear power industry to drive process, documentation, and regulatory efficien
by kkielhofner 2y ago
> burning GPUs and pushing CO2 in the atmosphere
My startup develops AI for the nuclear power industry to drive process, documentation, and regulatory efficiency. We like to say "AI needs nuclear and nuclear needs AI".
Big tech has finally realized/gone public that casually saying things like "we're building our next 1GW datacenter" is uhh, problematic[0].
For some time now there has been significant interest/activity in wiring up entire datacenters to nuclear reactors (existing Gen 2, SMRs, etc):
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nvidia-huang-says-nuclear-power-171024058.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nvidia-huang-says-nuclear-pow...
https://www.ans.org/news/article-5842/amazon-buys-nuclearpowered-data-center-from-talen/ https://www.ans.org/news/article-5842/amazon-buys-nuclearpow...
https://www.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-signs-groundbreaking-energy-deal-103018707.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-signs-groundbreaking-en...
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/10/oracle-is-designing-a-data-center-that-would-be-powered-by-three-small-nuclear-reactors.html https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/10/oracle-is-designing-a-data-c...
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4913714-google-ceo-eyeing-electricity-from-nuclear-plants-for-its-data-centers/ https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4913714-google-ceo-eye...
[0] - https://www.npr.org/2024/07/12/g-s1-9545/ai-brings-soaring-emissions-for-google-and-microsoft-a-major-contributor-to-climate-change https://www.npr.org/2024/07/12/g-s1-9545/ai-brings-soaring-e...