Regulators deliver successive blows to Amazon and Meta’s nuclear power …
Nov 4, 2024 · Tim De Chant. 11:00 AM PST · November 4, 2024. Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft have placed big bets on nuclear power to secure electricity for their data centers as AI and cloud computing have sent ...
Endangered bees stop Meta’s plan for nuclear-powered AI data …
Nov 4, 2024 · Meta's rivals have struck deals to use nuclear power for some data centers. Plans by Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta to build an AI data center in the US that runs on nuclear power were thwarted in part ...
Meta's nuclear-powered AI ambitions appear to have been
Nov 5, 2024 · Meta had hoped to follow Google and Amazon's lead, aiming to strike a deal with a nuclear energy provider to power their AI ambitions. The plan was to build a new data centre right next to an ...
Meta's nuclear power plans were foiled by bees — yes, bees
Nov 4, 2024 · Meta’s plan to join the tech race for nuclear power has reportedly been foiled by bees.A rare species of bee was found on land where the company was planning to put a nuclear-powered artificial ...
Data Center Nuclear Power Update: Microsoft, Constellation, …
2 days ago · Meta is hoping to partner with a nuclear plant operator for emissions-free power to support ongoing AI demand according to its net zero ambitions. However, the proposed project's environmental and regulatory setbacks, including the bee discovery, would complicate construction, Zuckerberg reportedly said at a recent Meta all-hands meeting.
Why Big Tech is turning to nuclear to power its energy-intensive …
Oct 15, 2024 · Technology giants are turning to nuclear energy to power the energy-intensive data centers needed to train and run the massive artificial intelligence models behind today’s generative AI ...
Meta's new AI data center called off because of rare bees | Fortune
Nov 5, 2024 · Meta did not respond to a request for comment and declined to comment to the FT. For AI developers, nuclear power remains one of the more promising possibilities for energy. In the U.S., nuclear ...
Amazon, Google and Microsoft Are Investing in Nuclear Power
Oct 16, 2024 · Microsoft has agreed to pay an energy company to revive the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania. And this week, Amazon and Google said they were focusing on a new...
Amazon and Google have plans for fueling their data centers: Nuclear power
Oct 16, 2024 · The tech giants are seeking new sources of carbon-free electricity to meet surging demand from data centers and artificial intelligence, with their plans coming after Microsoft said last month that...
Amazon and Google are dueling with nuclear for data center power | AP News
Oct 17, 2024 · Amazon on Wednesday said that it was investing in small nuclear reactors, coming just two days after a similar announcement by Google, as both tech giants seek new sources of carbon-free electricity to meet surging demand from data centers and artificial intelligence.