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Google is considering nuclear power to feed its energy-hungry AI data centers
Google CEO Sundar Pichai told Nikkei Asia that the company is "evaluating technologies like small modular nuclear reactors" to meet its energy needs.
Microsoft signs groundbreaking energy deal with nuclear plant to power AI data centers: 'Energy sources that can consistently deliver'
"Powering industries critical to our nation's global economic and technological competitiveness, including data centers, requires an abundance of energy that is carbon-free and reliable every hour of every day, and nuclear plants are the only energy sources that can consistently deliver on that promise," Constellation CEO Joe Dominguez told NPR.
Is Nuclear Power the Future of Green Energy for Big Tech?
Google is exploring the use of nuclear energy to power its data centers and achieve its net-zero emissions goals amid the growing energy demands of AI.
Google mulls nuclear energy to power data centers
Google may be the next tech giant to embrace nuclear energy for its data centers, CEO Sundar Pichai has revealed. Pichai, who has been with Google since 2004, told Nikkei in a recent interview that the company is looking to invest more in clean energy to achieve net-zero emission goals by 2030.
Atoms alive! Google and Microsoft Turn to Nuclear Power to Fuel AI’s Energy Hunger
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to expand, Google is increasingly considering nuclear power to meet the massive energy demands arising from the hot new technology, with current forecasts suggesting that global power consumption by AI could match that of Japan within two years.
Google wants to use nuclear power for its AI data centers
Google CEO Sundar Pichai shared during a sitdown interview in Tokyo this week that he is considering using nuclear power plants to fuel energy demands at his company’s data centers.
World’s Top Uranium Miner Votes on Returning to Nuclear Power
Voters in Kazakhstan will decide on Sunday whether to allow construction of a nuclear power plant amid worries over the ...
Nuclear rockets could travel to Mars in half the time, but designing the reactors that would power them isn't easy
NASA plans to send crewed missions to Mars over the next decade—but the 140 million-mile (225 million-kilometer) journey to ...
Kazakhstan votes on whether to build first nuclear plant
Kazakhstan votes in a referendum on Sunday on whether to build its first nuclear power plant, an idea promoted by President ...
The hottest trend in nuclear power: Reopening shuttered plants
The U.S. has never restarted a decommissioned nuclear reactor, but today Holtec International closed a $1.5 billion loan from ...
Nuclear Power Is the New A.I. Trade. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Artificial intelligence’s hunger for energy has set off a boom in utility stocks and may lead to the reopening of the Three ...
US nuclear power regulator urged to address 'dirty bomb' risks to society, economy
The U.S. nuclear power regulator has not acted on recommendations to address radiological security risks to the economy and ...
The U.S. wants to triple nuclear power by 2050. America's coal communities could provide a pathway.
The U.S. currently maintains the largest nuclear fleet in the world with 94 operational reactors totaling about 100 gigawatts ...
Microsoft’s Nuclear Power Deal Could Saddle Taxpayers With $1.6 Billion Federal Loan
A new scheme for AI fuel could offload financial risk from Microsoft's business partner onto the American taxpayer.
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The super-rich are looking at nuclear power for emission-free yacht voyages
Yachts are fuel-guzzling machines serving a handful few. Onboard nuclear reactors could shave off emissions from their ...
Russia Issues Nuclear Threat to US
The U.S. has not conducted any nuclear weapons tests since 1992 and there are no indications it plans to do so. Both Washington and Moscow signed, but did not ratify, the 1996 Comprehensive ...