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Tech firms increasingly look to nuclear power for data center. (www.voanews.com)
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (10 children)

This seems... idk, ideal? Lets use our cleanest & most energy dense means of power generation for our most frivolously expanding waste of energy. Unless we give microsoft authority over the DOE, which we aren't (maybe IBM tho, they seem like they can be trusted...), I'm not really seeing a downside to this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah... But why is this being pushed so hard? When the billionaire owned media pushes a message this hard, I can't help but look for the terrible consequences I'm missing

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think in this case it's not exceptionally nefarious, just greedy. They'll save boatloads of money (and be able to centralize their facilities) if these reactors get approved, instead of being forced to pay to upgrade the municipal infrastructure because of the terrific strain they're placing on it. A massive power source, all for them? Hot diggity.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Well, I think most of them are trying to get the government to split the bill, which I don't love but I could live with. If they get small scale nuclear working, we might finally actually reduce fossil fuel usage for once

I just feel like the other shoe is about to drop. Are they going to push to run them themselves, with minimal oversight? Do billionaires want to buy privately owned nuclear reactors for their bunkers?

I don't know how this is going to turn bad, I just have a bad feeling

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