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-Fran- Ah, yes. A corporation promising things without law or regulation backing that up to punish them right away. Even then you could be a cynical person (like me) and still not believe them, since they'll barely get a slap on the wrist in any case. What could go wrong, right? Time to push back harder. Regards. Reply
watzupken What could go wrong right? Hmmm… This situation sounds familiar. Isn't it the same with NAND and RAM and all the shortages that big tech created? Big tech pay more, so consumer have nothing. Let's be real. Resources are finite and these power companies are also profit seeking. So of course when big tech says they will pay more, who do you think power companies will prioritize? Reply
Shiznizzle I am worried about the attempts to loosen restrictions on nuclear power. The want mini nukes in every neighborhood. Reply
SkyBill40 Reminds me of a song from Naked Eyes back in the 80's called "Promises Promises." The chorus: You made me promises (promises), promises I knew you'd never keep Promises (promises), promises Why do I believe? Reply
qwertymac93 The truth is these AI companies cannot continue to expand capacity if they don't get more power. It's likely faster for them to build their own than it is to wait for the power companies to build out, so they were always going to "pay their own way" in a sense. In fact, they'd probably like to be fully independent of the wider power infrastructure but that would take a lot more time and space than they have right now. Nuclear would probably be their go-to if there wasn't so much red-tape and lead-time around it. Reply
bigdragon This is great news! I live in Maryland where PJM jacked up our utility bills by 37% last year due to data centers (I don't know the full amount of this year's increase yet). When are my utility bills going to go back down? Can I expect checks in the mail from Microsoft and Anthropic and Google? Are the risks of rolling residential blackouts during summer due to insufficient PJM energy capacity going away? Oh wait, these are just corporate promises… Shiznizzle said: I am worried about the attempts to loosen restrictions on nuclear power. The want mini nukes in every neighborhood. I'm way more comfortable with little nuclear reactors than armies of diesel generators. I think my opinion would be reversed if I liked fishing, but I don't. Reply
qwertymac93 bigdragon said: This is great news! I live in Maryland where PJM jacked up our utility bills by 37% last year due to data centers (I don't know the full amount of this year's increase yet). When are my utility bills going to go back down? Can I expect checks in the mail from Microsoft and Anthropic and Google? Are the risks of rolling residential blackouts during summer due to insufficient PJM energy capacity going away? Oh wait, these are just corporate promises… I'm way more comfortable with little nuclear reactors than armies of diesel generators. I think my opinion would be reversed if I liked fishing, but I don't. I think much of the research is in molten salt reactors rather than light water reactors. Would that not reduce the impact on local wildlife? Reply
DS426 qwertymac93 said: I think much of the research is in molten salt reactors rather than light water reactors. Would that not reduce the impact on local wildlife? That and gas-cooled reactors, part of several innovations of the advanced nuclear reactor family. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas-cooled_reactor Being able to conduct fission on naturally-occurring uranium is one big advantage, not to mention they are considered safer. I'd also rather have a handful of these scattered around rather than 10's of GigaWatts of gas generators littered across everyone's neighborhoods. Reply
DS426 bigdragon said: … I'm way more comfortable with little nuclear reactors than armies of diesel generators. I think my opinion would be reversed if I liked fishing, but I don't. Most of the versatile stand-up gas generators are running on natural gas, but to be fair, your point still stands. But even as Anthropic promises that it won’t burden the American consumer for its electricity demands, it also said that the government needs to do its part. It said that affordable power requires “systemic change” and that permitting, transmission development, and grid interconnection need to be faster and cheaper “to bring new energy online for everyone.” – this article That's true in general, but Texas has sped up permitting and has a crazy amount of nat gas generation coming online this year for datacenters. This is one way that DC's get so concentrated — SLTT regulations, permitting req's and speed, and incentives vary greatly across the U.S. I'm personally a fan of smaller, more decentralized and distributed compute, but I'm also just some rando online dude. 😛 Reply
Why_Me bigdragon said: This is great news! I live in Maryland where PJM jacked up our utility bills by 37% last year due to data centers (I don't know the full amount of this year's increase yet). When are my utility bills going to go back down? Can I expect checks in the mail from Microsoft and Anthropic and Google? Are the risks of rolling residential blackouts during summer due to insufficient PJM energy capacity going away? Oh wait, these are just corporate promises… I'm way more comfortable with little nuclear reactors than armies of diesel generators. I think my opinion would be reversed if I liked fishing, but I don't. Montgomery County, Maryland recently banned gas heating and appliances in all new buildings so obviously Maryland doesn't have a shortage of electricity. Reply
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- https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-promises-to-pay-for-electricity-price-increases-due-to-its-ai-data-centers-firm-to-pay-100-percent-of-its-grid-infrastructure-costs-produce-new-power-sources-as-sector-predicted-to-hit-50-gw-in-coming-years#main
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