Tech companies are betting big on nuclear energy to meet AIs massive power demands and they're using that AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear power plants.
From the headline I surely thought it was a bit clickbaity and maybe they wanted to use a ML algorithm to monitor some states of the facility.
Microsoft and nuclear power company Westinghouse Nuclear want to use AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear power plants.
The construction of a nuclear plant involves a long legal and regulatory process called licensing that’s aimed at minimizing the risks of irradiating the public.
Nope, seems that tech companies are trying to further feed the electricity demands of their data centers even if it means trying to fast track licensing.
Trump’s done a lot to make it easier for companies to build new nuclear reactors and use AI for licensing. […] The goal of [Trump’s May 2025 Executive Order] is to speed up the construction of reactors and get through the licensing process faster.
At the same time, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has gutted the NRC. In September, members of the NRC told Congress they were worried they’d be fired if they didn’t approve nuclear reactor designs favored by the administration.
Of fucking course Trump and DOGE is in the mix here too.
All of this extra radiation risk so that the top 1%r’s have their pockets lined and we end up with Copilot and Recall. God damn.
Unpaywalled link: https://archive.is/6UiCT
From the headline I surely thought it was a bit clickbaity and maybe they wanted to use a ML algorithm to monitor some states of the facility.
Nope, seems that tech companies are trying to further feed the electricity demands of their data centers even if it means trying to fast track licensing.
Of fucking course Trump and DOGE is in the mix here too.
All of this extra radiation risk so that the top 1%r’s have their pockets lined and we end up with Copilot and Recall. God damn.