Most of the noise around nuclear right now goes to new reactors. Small modular reactors on slick conference slides, fusion machines in startup press kits, the
By that logic these billionaires and AI companies should be putting their data centers in the ocean or something, completely submerged and water-cooled. But that would be too expensive, and have the awful side effect of actually being somewhat beneficial to the general populace, and we can’t be having nice things around here. /S
We should absolutely be putting solar panels on every single building in Nevada, Arizona, and probably Utah too. I keep telling anyone who will listen that the Vegas Strip could be completely self-sufficient in terms of electricity if each casino just covered their roofs in solar panels.
They actually are putting data centers underwater now. Turns out having them sealed and pumped full of nitrogen lengthens the service life of the equipment considerably.
By that logic these billionaires and AI companies should be putting their data centers in the ocean or something, completely submerged and water-cooled. But that would be too expensive, and have the awful side effect of actually being somewhat beneficial to the general populace, and we can’t be having nice things around here. /S
We should absolutely be putting solar panels on every single building in Nevada, Arizona, and probably Utah too. I keep telling anyone who will listen that the Vegas Strip could be completely self-sufficient in terms of electricity if each casino just covered their roofs in solar panels.
They actually are putting data centers underwater now. Turns out having them sealed and pumped full of nitrogen lengthens the service life of the equipment considerably.