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Microsoft Plans to Revive Infamous Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant to Feed Insatiable AI Power Requirements

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September 24, 2024, 07:52 AM
vinnybass
Microsoft Plans to Revive Infamous Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant to Feed Insatiable AI Power Requirements
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Originally posted by 6guns:
The demand is there....and increasing, whether we like it or not. How are we going to supply it?


Agreed. My source of heartburn is not in nuclear power, believe me. IMO, it's one of the best things going.

It's in the hypocrites that can twist the narrative to suit them.


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September 24, 2024, 07:56 AM
229DAK
Massive, no-name buildings/data centers are being built in Loudoun County. Bring up Google maps and find the intersection of Routes 625 and 607. Lots of them.

I'm sure they require massive amounts of electricity to run all the electronics. But that's not all. They also need massive amounts of electricity to run all the HVAC to cool all the electronics.

So, heat is created to make the power, then heat is created to run all the electronics and heat is created to run the HVAC. There's a pattern forming here....


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September 24, 2024, 07:56 AM
vinnybass
On an unrelated note:

It's my belief that somewhere in the future some genius scientist will figure out how to "turn-off" radioactivity in waste.

Far-fetched? Maybe, but so many scientific discoveries were before, well, the discovery.

/Drift off.


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September 24, 2024, 08:54 AM
229DAK
quote:
It's my belief that somewhere in the future some genius scientist will figure out how to "turn-off" radioactivity in waste.
Or maybe AI will figure it out. Roll Eyes


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“A man’s treatment of a dog is no indication of the man’s nature, but his treatment of a cat is. It is the crucial test. None but the humane treat a cat well.”
-- Mark Twain, 1902