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Re:Microsoft's Emissions Spike 29% as AI Gobbles Up Resources by beeeeerp on Saturday May 18, 2024 @11:52PM (#40404137)
Is that 14% different with solar? I’m just bringing this up, because solar is dead simple compared to engineering studies and infrastructure required to build something like a new nuclear plant. I wonder if the simplicity of solar and storage will start to change how power generation is approached.
Re:Microsoft's Emissions Spike 29% as AI Gobbles Up Resources by PaywallBuster on Sunday May 19, 2024 @12:41AM (#40404327)
There's been only 1 build in 2013 and last one before in 1978 according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_the_United_St...

so nuclear wouldn't affect those 14%

Re:Microsoft's Emissions Spike 29% as AI Gobbles Up Resources by beeeeerp on Sunday May 19, 2024 @12:49PM (#40408141)
It was just an example of complexity - I would imagine a new coal plant is still more complex than a solar farm.