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Re:DeepSeek to Make Permanent 75% Discount on Flagship AI Model by bryanlarsen on Sunday May 24, 2026 @12:32PM (#48258690)
Power is foundational to pretty much everything. Cheap power is going to give China a massive advantage in everything; AI is just incidental.
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Re:DeepSeek to Make Permanent 75% Discount on Flagship AI Model by seviu on Sunday May 24, 2026 @02:09PM (#48259626)
Cheap power at what cost for our planet?

Not long ago we were crying death to bitcoin, it’s going to destroy the planet.

Come AI, with unlimited power demand. Everybody screaming we need more power.

We need infrastructure, clean energy, even nuclear. We are doing all in the wrong order.

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Re:DeepSeek to Make Permanent 75% Discount on Flagship AI Model by FabCH on Sunday May 24, 2026 @02:28PM (#48259787)
China added 315GW of solar in 2025.

For context, EU added 65 and US 43.

In one year, China _added_ almost the total capacity EU has.

China is the one place where AI actually can use clean energy…

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Re:DeepSeek to Make Permanent 75% Discount on Flagship AI Model by tedd4u on Sunday May 24, 2026 @04:15PM (#48260635)
Possibly France, too.

- 70% nuclear

- 26% renewables

- 4% gas/coal

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Re:DeepSeek to Make Permanent 75% Discount on Flagship AI Model by usrnm on Sunday May 24, 2026 @05:47PM (#48261323)
France cannot really add more of it. Not fast and cheap enough, anyway
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Re:DeepSeek to Make Permanent 75% Discount on Flagship AI Model by stubish on Monday May 25, 2026 @12:58AM (#48263525)
That power is already being used, and excess exported to neighboring countries.
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Re:DeepSeek to Make Permanent 75% Discount on Flagship AI Model by lejalv on Sunday May 24, 2026 @04:16PM (#48260640)
...and China manufactured almost the totality of the EU and US solar capacity.
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Re:DeepSeek to Make Permanent 75% Discount on Flagship AI Model by DennisP on Sunday May 24, 2026 @05:38PM (#48261262)
China also has 1,271 GW of coal capacity, and is planning 500GW more.
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Re:DeepSeek to Make Permanent 75% Discount on Flagship AI Model by bryanlarsen on Sunday May 24, 2026 @05:50PM (#48261357)
And their coal capacity factor (ie the percentage of time they use their coal) is dropping at about the same rate.
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Re:DeepSeek to Make Permanent 75% Discount on Flagship AI Model by bix6 on Sunday May 24, 2026 @02:25PM (#48259767)
China is the leader in solar?
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Re:DeepSeek to Make Permanent 75% Discount on Flagship AI Model by seviu on Sunday May 24, 2026 @05:14PM (#48261057)
For a while already
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