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Google, Amazon buy nonexistent mini nuclear reactors for AI data centers (pivot-to-ai.com)
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BRING IT ON NITPICKY NUKE NERDS

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[–] YourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systems 3 points 3 days ago

See, I feel like AI might have the actual solution to this problem. We can overcome the economic issues with setting up SMR infrastructure the same way AI has powered through all their economic problems: setting VC money in fire and trust that the smokescreen will hold out for another funding round.

Once the reactors exist, I'm assuming that their operation can be relatively cheap for whoever ends up owning the actual plants once the AI bubble pops and the datacenters around them are shut down or repurposed.