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iamdeedubs | 1 year ago

One example of restarting a previously shuttered nuclear power plant to power a data center.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/09/26/1104516/three-mi...

Although the fine print is that it will be dumping power into the grid to be pulled out by various DCs vs powering them directly

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paxys|1 year ago

There is an ongoing debate about these companies drawing direct power from private plants vs going through the grid, but I can't see why big tech won't win in the end, especially in today's environment of deregulation.