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There are. There's about one announcement a month for those deals. For instance Google inked deals with at least Energix, New Green Power and Black Rock in
by bryanlarsen 2y ago
There are. There's about one announcement a month for those deals. For instance Google inked deals with at least Energix, New Green Power and Black Rock in the last quarter.
So the question then is: why do the nuclear deals make Hacker News and the solar deals don't?
- Moldoteck 2y agoyes, but why not pour even more $ in those then since if it's cheaper = you get more kw for the same $?
- Arnt 2y agoSpreading your bets is considered sensible.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> why not pour even more $ in those then since if it's cheaper = you get more kw for the same $? Law of diminishing marginal returns: you don’t. You either need to pay a premium for expedited delivery or eat the time value of delays.
- cartoonworld 2y ago"Everybody" doesn't say solar, wind, or batteries is cheaper than nuclear. The question of what is "cheaper" at any given time isn't really relevant at this scale -- its cheap. Price and availability of electricity and power is more or less global, however datacenter customers are in the situation where they need to power a city with electricity in a location where there is neither an existing city nor its generation capactiy.