As AI continues to surge, tech companies like Google are increasingly looking at nuclear energy as a sustainable solution to meet their massive power need
  • solrize@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    This has been all over the news but I wonder what they really expect. I’ve never heard of a nuke project anywhere that didn’t go years behind schedule and billions over budget. Why do they think it will be different this time?

    • Z3k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      1 month ago

      I don’t think it matters. By the time the shareholders realise it’s a lemon the current leadership team will already have been recycled out and safe from the fallout

      • solrize@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        1 month ago

        True. I guess utilities do the same thing but they eventually get ratepayer bailouts. Maybe Google will realize that early enough to structure the deals the same way.