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tietjens ◴[] No.45225051[source]
Article claims Germany is beginning to shift. I wouldn’t count on that. Despite having to import all of their energy aside from renewables, there is a wide-spread suspicion of nuclear here. The CDU made a lot of noise about it while they were in the opposition, but turning those closed plants back on is highly unlikely. Very costly and I’m not certain the expertise can be hired.
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kulahan ◴[] No.45225195[source]
With AI on the horizon and each server farm using as much energy as a medium-sized city, I have no idea how they hope to meet demand otherwise, unless the plan is just some equivalent to "drill baby drill".
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V__ ◴[] No.45225620[source]
I willing to wager that the AI bubble will burst before you could even begin to build power plants for them.
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1. bluGill ◴[] No.45225847[source]
I'm sure the bubble will burst. However we have already found a few uses for AI and those uses will continue after the burst (if they are economical)