Google Go Nuclear
Donald Clark,
Donald Clark Plan B,
Oct 15, 2024
According to this post, "Google made the headlines today, signing a groundbreaking deal to power its data centres with six or seven mini-nuclear reactors, known as Small Modular Reactors (SMRs)." According to the SMR website, "mall modular reactors (SMRs) are advanced nuclear reactors that have a power capacity of up to 300 MW(e) per unit, which is about one-third of the generating capacity of traditional nuclear power reactors." Google plans to have the first of these running by 2030 (which seems like a long time to me, but I'm not a nuclear expert). I personally think this is a good idea, for a variety of reasons (I could easily imagine major universities building their own SMRs to mee their power needs).
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