Microsoft Needs So Much Power to Train AI That It's Considering Small Nuclear Reactors

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Microsoft Needs So Much Power to Train AI That It's Considering Small Nuclear Reactors
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Because it costs less money to push the cost to for taxpayers to subsidize it than owning it

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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).

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

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