sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoPeople Would Rather Have Nuclear Power Plants In Their Area Than AI Data Centerswww.forbes.comexternal-linkmessage-square201linkfedilinkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down112
arrow-up11.01Karrow-down1external-linkPeople Would Rather Have Nuclear Power Plants In Their Area Than AI Data Centerswww.forbes.comsanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square201linkfedilink
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days ago Why build a nuclear power plant with your data center if you could just get power from the grid and drive up everyone else’s price too The national grid has raw physical limits that many data centers already exceed. Silicon Valley’s AI Boom Hits a Wall: Data Centers Are Built but Can’t Turn On Power shortages and high costs are stalling new data centers, leaving the Bay Area behind faster-growing markets like Atlanta and Northern Virginia. What do Atlanta and Virginia have access to that Silicon Valley lacks? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vogtle_Electric_Generating_Plant
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoYes, but that’s not THEIR problem. It’s everyone’s problem and in the official country of privatize the gains and socialize the losses, that means it’s up to the taxpayer to fix it.
The national grid has raw physical limits that many data centers already exceed.
What do Atlanta and Virginia have access to that Silicon Valley lacks?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vogtle_Electric_Generating_Plant
Yes, but that’s not THEIR problem. It’s everyone’s problem and in the official country of privatize the gains and socialize the losses, that means it’s up to the taxpayer to fix it.