Rekall Incorporated@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agoGoogle considers sourcing from nuclear power plants, says CEO Pichai [Nikkei]archive.foexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down12file-text
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minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoTo be honest, I’m surprised Google/Alphabet hasn’t tried to get into running their own reactor by this point. Energy seems like the one thing they haven’t touched yet.
minus-squareinterurbain1er@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-21 month agoProbably because once you start a nuclear reactor you can’t kill the project and discard it on a whim.
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoEh, that’s their software side. Google doesn’t do that with hardware infrastructure like data centers.
To be honest, I’m surprised Google/Alphabet hasn’t tried to get into running their own reactor by this point. Energy seems like the one thing they haven’t touched yet.
Probably because once you start a nuclear reactor you can’t kill the project and discard it on a whim.
Eh, that’s their software side. Google doesn’t do that with hardware infrastructure like data centers.