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Nearly half of AI data centers may not have enough power by 2027
(techcrunch.com)
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this post was submitted on 17 Nov 2024
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Ohh wow maybe mega corps can pay for their own infrastructure
Pretty plz?
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What they'll do is they'll ask for subsidies to build power plants, privatise them, sell the power at increasingly extortionate rates and cut maintenance costs to increase their margins and profits.
Possibly.
That's effectively why Microsoft's plan to restart Three Mile Island is stalled out. They want it to be paid by taxpayer dollars despite (as far as I know) having no plans to provide the generated electricity to taxpayers.
That's roughly what I had in mind when I wrote that comment indeed...