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It seems the article forgot to mention that Microsoft is actively pursuing nuclear energy in response, which is a significant omission.

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Would be interesting if one of the major benefits of AI is it pushing us to clean energy

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Clean energy until waste is hidden under the carpet for thousands of years.

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Amazon already have a datacenter with an attached nuclear power plant, and Microsoft have contracted with Helion for future delivery of a fusion power plant (assuming it materializes).

https://www.ans.org/news/article-5842/amazon-buys-nuclearpow...

Zuckerberg says part of the problem is not just the amount of power needed for a SOTA AI-training datacenter (~1GW), but the fact that you need the power at that particular location which makes co-locating a power plant the best option. The biggest solar power plants in China put out over 2GW, but the biggest in the US is Solar Star in CA, wihch occupies 12 km^2 and only puts out 58MW.