Meta announces they will fund 1 to 4 GW of new nuclear fission in United States

8 points by atomic128 7 months ago | 3 comments
  • preisschild 7 months ago
    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.
    • atomic128 7 months ago
      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
      • Moldoteck 7 months ago
        The beauty of dams is- nuclear near them is a good combo. The dam can handle daily variations and nuclear gets tons of safe water for cooling