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Why data centers want to have their own nuclear reactors

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Why data centers want to have their own nuclear reactors

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Big technology companies see this energy source as a way to satisfy their extremely high power demand, which has skyrocketed since the advent of AI

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The US does not have a final deposit for nuclear waste. But nuclear waste is not more dangerous than other chemical waste which already has final deposits in Germany. The specifications are deliberately made harder for nuclear because of politics.

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