Big Tech's Latest Obsession Is Finding Enough Energy
wsj.com
wsj.com
" Former U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said the size of new and proposed data centers to power AI has some utilities stumped as to how they are going to bring enough generation capacity online at a time when wind and solar farms are becoming more challenging to build. He said utilities will have to lean more heavily on natural gas, coal and nuclear plants, and perhaps support the construction of new gas plants to help meet spikes in demand. "
It has always been obvious that renewables without nuclear aren't going to be enough. Now it is super obvious. Electricity costa are going to skyrocket. And fossil fuels are not going away. And nuclear is not going to happen quickly at least in the US not with all the regulatory hurdles. Seems hard to imagine this is not going to be a huge roadblock for artificial intelligence growth in the us. It is going to be like Bitcoin mining offshored to places with little regulation.