✅ Final Thoughts Friday for 2024-10-18
A week of Google and Amazon moves in nuclear power from small modular reactors.
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When it rains, it pours and I am unable to say “done” with my updates to AI Field Day 5 delegate notes. Worst case scenario, I’ll publish prior to arriving for Cloud Field Day 21 this week.
Two stories that caught me eye this week:
Google moves towards power from small modular reactors. ⚛️ ☢️
Amazon moves funding towards small modular reactors. ⚛️ ☢️
Techmeme: Google signs an deal to buy nuclear energy generated from multiple small modular reactors developed by US-based Kairos Power, targeting 500 MW by 2035 (Jennifer Hiller/Wall Street Journal)
By Jennifer Hiller / Wall Street Journal. View the full context on Techmeme.
Techmeme: Amazon signs three deals to help develop small modular nuclear reactors in the US, with Amazon's Climate Pledge Fund leading a $500M Series C-1 for X-energy (Diana Olick/CNBC)
By Diana Olick / CNBC. View the full context on Techmeme.
This makes sense. It was just a few months ago that press coverage of increasingly nuclear power options were imminent.
Techmeme: The owners of about a third of US nuclear power plants are in talks with tech companies to provide electricity to new data centers needed to meet AI demand (Wall Street Journal)
From Wall Street Journal. View the full context on Techmeme.
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