Meta Does It Right With Nuclear Power |
Meta did something right, and it deserves recognition and replication.
Recently, the American-owned technology company announced a private partnership with three nuclear firms, Vistra, Terra Power, and Oklo, to expand electricity production supporting their own data center needs and generating surplus power to benefit the regional grid.
This should happen anywhere data centers are in the discussion. It is what every politician courting the tech communities to build data centers in their city or state must expect going forward, because right now data centers face massive opposition, and no amount of spin will fix it.
The main concern about data centers is their incredible electricity need. Of course, we all like and use technology, and your average American even fundamentally embraces the patriotic need to “beat China” in the AI race.
None of that denies the “affordability” issue, and the frustration of ratepayer who have yet to see a tangible benefit ubiquitous data centers bring to his personal life. To highlight this, let me use........