so microsoft is buying a nuclear power plant here are some fun facts:
Microsofts new power plant generates 6000GWh per year
New York requires 6.3GW per year to run.
It doesn't seem like a corporation should be owning that...
Microsofts new power plant generates 6000GWh per year
New York requires 6.3GW per year to run.
It doesn't seem like a corporation should be owning that...
If this is the story that I looked up, first of all it doesn't look like Microsoft is going to own that power plant, it is going to continue to be owned by the current owner. Microsoft is going to invest in the Three Mile Island facility to get it back up and running, and then we'll have a 20 year agreement to purchase energy from them. According to the article, that would add 800 megawatts to the grid. By my account, that would add 672 gigawatt-hours to the grid assuming that it runs 24/7.
Unless there is another story somewhere else that has them investing in nuclear power...
Unless there is another story somewhere else that has them investing in nuclear power...
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thats the one.
Since when does microsoft become the power company? That's so stupid.
Since when does microsoft become the power company? That's so stupid.
@Tony @sj_zero It's just AI bubblism at work. In their heads, this is necessary to power a cloud service on azure that lets them replace white collar workers until the country falls.
Buying a nuke plant now means that they can offer a $50,000 a year subscription to "replace" doctor ranjesh Patel, an unimpressively average bottom thirder who only writes RX's for ear infections
Since AI. Those server farms are hogs. Especially if situated near population dense locations that compete for supply. Energy capture makes sense.
Bill gates should just go back to giving untested drugs to africans.
Oral polio vax, at least has been tested and known to be an actual disease vector for I dunno, 70 years. Say what you want, but the guy has a plan...
@Tony Man split the atom not to conquer the stars, but to generate pictures of catgirls in wedding dresses.
it's not the hero we needed, but the one we deserved
