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Re:As AI booms, land near nuclear power plants becomes hot r... by xxpor on Monday March 25, 2024 @07:24PM (#39822443)
Global electricity generation revenues are only $255 billion? Amazon/Google/Apple have greater revenue than the worldwide electricity generation sector?
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Re:As AI booms, land near nuclear power plants becomes hot r... by AnotherGoodName on Monday March 25, 2024 @07:28PM (#39822470)
I just Googled these numbers quickly but yes it seems correct.

"In 2021, the global electricity transmission and distribution market generated some 255.6 billion U.S. dollars in revenue, up from 248.5 billion U.S. dollars in the previous year"

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1350454/forecast-electri....

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Re:As AI booms, land near nuclear power plants becomes hot r... by xxpor on Monday March 25, 2024 @07:31PM (#39822490)
That's just delivery AFAICT, not generation.
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