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Most of it will go towards energy. These companies are building literal power plants to power their data centers.

• SteveNuts 2y ago
  >These companies are building literal power plants to power their data centers. Have any companies publicly announced doing that, let alone actually started the process of building?
  • iamdeedubs 2y ago
    One example of restarting a previously shuttered nuclear power plant to power a data center. https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/09/26/1104516/three-mile-island-microsoft/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/09/26/1104516/three-mi... Although the fine print is that it will be dumping power into the grid to be pulled out by various DCs vs powering them directly
    • paxys 2y ago
      There is an ongoing debate about these companies drawing direct power from private plants vs going through the grid, but I can't see why big tech won't win in the end, especially in today's environment of deregulation.