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Microsoft inks deal to restart Three Mile Island nuclear reactor to fuel its voracious AI ambitions (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 2 months ago by irreticent to c/technology
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Modern AI data centers consume enormous amounts of power, and it looks like they will get even more power-hungry in the coming years as companies like Google, Microsoft, Meta, and OpenAI strive towards artificial general intelligence (AGI). Oracle has already outlined plans to use nuclear power plants for its 1-gigawatt datacenters. It looks like Microsoft plans to do the same as it just inked a deal to restart a nuclear power plant to feed its data centers, reports Bloomberg.

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[โ€“] Alpha71 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I had to do a double take to make sure this wasn't an onion article.

[โ€“] ohwhatfollyisman 0 points 2 months ago

especially since just reading the headline made me cry.