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Few industries look better positioned to patronise a nuclear renaissance than Big Tech.

Artificial intelligence consumes gobs of power. The International Energy Agency projects that combined demand from data centres, AI and cryptocurrencies could more than double from 2022 to 2026 to hit 1,000 TWh, roughly equivalent to the entire electricity usage of Japan.

Several tech moguls are already nuclear converts. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has long been a fan of the technology, and is a founding investor in nuclear engineering firm TerraPower.

1 posted on 03/18/2024 8:42:47 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Well, the simple fact is that if we’re serious about using electricity for things that have always relied on petrolium, the first step is building a LOT of nuclear plants. Duh.


2 posted on 03/18/2024 8:47:30 AM PDT by cuban leaf (2024 is going to be one for the history books, like 1939. And 2025 will be more so, like 1940-1945.)
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They realize that wind and solar just cannot provide the power, the reliability, the up time as nuclear


3 posted on 03/18/2024 8:58:48 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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