Datacentre operators want to keep energy costs down and also have capital to mak...

greenie_beans · 2025-06-11T13:41:38 1749649298

weird i didn't know they could build nuclear power plants (surely you are being sarcastic?)

also this is weird i thought electricity prices only get cheaper? https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU000072610

skeaker · 2025-06-11T22:54:45 1749682485

Yes, tech corps have actually have been investing in nuclear. See some recent discussion:

greenie_beans · 2025-06-12T00:05:26 1749686726

would be great if ai forces better energy. but

> The deal would help enable a revival of Unit 1 of the five-decades-old facility in Pennsylvania that was retired in 2019 due to economic reasons.

i wonder why they stopped producing energy in 2019 even though energy prices have gone up over the five decades?