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Meta announces they will fund 1 to 4 GW of new nuclear fission in United States
- 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. Here is 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
- Moldoteck 2y agoThe beauty of dams is- nuclear near them is a good combo. The dam can handle daily variations and nuclear gets tons of safe water for cooling
- preisschild 2y agoLarge DCs and Utilities should pool their resources into dedicated organisations that build large nuclear power plants regularly. I think that will lead to the cheapest electricity for them.