• by preisschild on 12/3/2024, 9:19:58 PM

    Large DCs and Utilities should pool their resources into dedicated organisations that build large nuclear power plants regularly. I think that will lead to the cheapest electricity for them.

  • by atomic128 on 12/3/2024, 8:26:17 PM

    The clean, dense, non-intermittent power provided by nuclear reactors is extremely valuable.

    Unless you are located near a hydroelectric dam, there is really no substitute.

    Here is a quote from Yann LeCun (Vice-President, Chief AI Scientist at Meta):

      AI datacenters will be built next to energy production sites that can produce 
      gigawatt-scale, low-cost, low-emission electricity continuously.
    
      Basically, next to nuclear power plants.
    
      The advantage is that there is no need for expensive and wasteful
      long-distance distribution infrastructure.
    
      Note: Yes, solar and wind are nice and all, but they require lots of land
      and massive-scale energy storage systems for when there is too little sun
      and/or wind. Neither simple nor cheap.
    
    https://x.com/ylecun/status/1837875035270263014