• @linearchaos
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    13 hours ago

    Kind of. Microsoft is offering to buy the electricity and put jobs and data centers nearby, the state is reactivating the site.

    If more AI companies dedicate to buying vast amounts of electricity, there’s money and jobs in it

    But if they eye companies start making concentrated demand, It won’t people with deep pockets long to figure out how to turn up some small scale high output plants.

    • @UnderpantsWeevil
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      02 hours ago

      If more AI companies dedicate to buying vast amounts of electricity, there’s money and jobs in it

      Google the history of the Vogtle 3 and 4 reactors in Georgia. I don’t think tech firms have 16 years to invest in new energy plants.