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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

Microsoft Needs So Much Power to Train AI That It's Considering Small Nuclear Reactors

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Microsoft Needs So Much Power to Train AI That It's Considering Small Nuclear Reactors

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

Microsoft is betting on small modular nuclear reactors to grow its energy infrastructure for training AI, a highly ambitious plan.

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It would cost more energy to feed them then they would produce. /s
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  That’s just energy conversion. Loss is expected.

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