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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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[–] Acters@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Because it costs less money ~~to push the cost to~~ for taxpayers to subsidize it than owning it

Correction

[–] DoomBot5@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Those data centers are paying for their electrical usage. Economies of scale just make it more favorable for them over building their own power generation (solar/wind excluded).

[–] guacupado@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Tell me you know nothing about data centers without telling me.