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Microsoft Needs So Much Power to Train AI That It's Considering Small Nuclear Reactors (futurism.com)
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[โ€“] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Small Modular Reactor technology is the future, and it's really promising.

Self-contained (no onsite refueling), mass produced (cheap, higher quality), and modular (add more for more power, or small enough to power a data center).

Here's some quick videos from a professor of Nuclear Energy covering topic:

Small Modular Tractors:

https://youtu.be/TYnqJ4VnRM8?si=qODxzqzOCoiNMinH

Micro-Modular Rectors:

https://youtu.be/7gtog_gOaGQ?si=VFeqPcb_DGq8ANCl

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