Rekall Incorporated to TechnologyEnglish • edit-27 hours agoGoogle considers sourcing from nuclear power plants, says CEO Pichai [Nikkei]archive.foexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: hardware
arrow-up130arrow-down1external-linkGoogle considers sourcing from nuclear power plants, says CEO Pichai [Nikkei]archive.foRekall Incorporated to TechnologyEnglish • edit-27 hours agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: hardware
minus-square@halcyoncmdrlinkEnglish4•2 hours agoTo be honest, I’m surprised Google/Alphabet hasn’t tried to get into running their own reactor by this point. Energy seems like the one thing they haven’t touched yet.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-21 hour agoProbably because once you start a nuclear reactor you can’t kill the project and discard it on a whim.
minus-square@halcyoncmdrlinkEnglish1•57 minutes agoEh, that’s their software side. Google doesn’t do that with hardware infrastructure like data centers.
To be honest, I’m surprised Google/Alphabet hasn’t tried to get into running their own reactor by this point. Energy seems like the one thing they haven’t touched yet.
Probably because once you start a nuclear reactor you can’t kill the project and discard it on a whim.
Eh, that’s their software side. Google doesn’t do that with hardware infrastructure like data centers.