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Amazon's nuclear datacenter dreams stall as regulators reject power deal
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- atomic128 2y agoThe clean, dense, non-intermittent power provided by nuclear reactors is extremely valuable. Unless you are located near a hydroelectric dam, there is really no substitute. The government will not allow the technology companies to "hog" existing reactors. Not without a fight. Presumably this will force the technology companies to build their own reactors. Good. I'll end with a quote from Yann LeCun (Vice-President, Chief AI Scientist at Meta): AI datacenters will be built next to energy production sites that can produce gigawatt-scale, low-cost, low-emission electricity continuously. Basically, next to nuclear power plants. The advantage is that there is no need for expensive and wasteful long-distance distribution infrastructure. Note: Yes, solar and wind are nice and all, but they require lots of land and massive-scale energy storage systems for when there is too little sun and/or wind. Neither simple nor cheap. https://x.com/ylecun/status/1837875035270263014 https://x.com/ylecun/status/1837875035270263014
- EricE 2y agoNow let's add millions of electric cars to the grid too. And ban natural gas for heating too.