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Datacentre operators want to keep energy costs down and also have capital to make it happen.

• greenie_beans 1y ago
  weird i didn't know they could build nuclear power plants (surely you are being sarcastic?) also this is weird i thought electricity prices only get cheaper? https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU000072610 https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU000072610
  • skeaker 1y ago
    Yes, tech corps have actually have been investing in nuclear. See some recent discussion: Microsoft: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41601443 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41601443 Google: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41840769 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41840769
    • greenie_beans 1y ago
      would be great if ai forces better energy. but > The deal would help enable a revival of Unit 1 of the five-decades-old facility in Pennsylvania that was retired in 2019 due to economic reasons. i wonder why they stopped producing energy in 2019 even though energy prices have gone up over the five decades?
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