Massive Energy Needs of AI & Cryptocurrencies Lead Amazon, Google & Microsoft to Embrace Nuclear Power
#DemocracyNow
November 19, 2024
"Tech companies are turning to #nuclear to fulfill the skyrocketing energy needs of #ArtificialIntelligence, with major #corporations like #Amazon, #Google and #Microsoft announcing plans to invest in #NuclearPower. But the speed at which energy needs are growing may not align with the construction or revitalization of nuclear infrastructure, says Alex de Vries, who researches the unintended consequences of #AI and #cryptocurrencies. There may be a 'mismatch between the needs of tech companies today' and the future, while nuclear power continues to carry the same #SafetyRisks that led to its phasing out in the first place."
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https://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/19/cop29_nuclear_power
#NoNukes #NoNukesForAI #RethinkNotRestart #ViewerSupportedNews #BigTech #Corporatocracy #CorporateColonialism
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