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minus-squaresem@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·6 days agoToo bad all that cool stuff is negligible compared to what actually makes a difference
minus-squareBussyCat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoLike starting up a nuclear power plant to avoid burning fossil fuels?
minus-squaresem@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-25 days agoLike making a datacenter so hungry it needs an obsolete nuclear plant, yeah. They should be building new nuclear for existing datacenters.
minus-squareBussyCat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoThe nuclear plant isn’t obsolete… it’s a PWR and with modern fuel cell designs it can reach the same efficiency as modern plants
minus-squarebean@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 days agoWith huge campuses some business have, I wouldn’t call it negligible. Unless you yourself are running a huge business campus and have some insight on how these noobs should be doing it. 😅
Too bad all that cool stuff is negligible compared to what actually makes a difference
Like starting up a nuclear power plant to avoid burning fossil fuels?
Like making a datacenter so hungry it needs an obsolete nuclear plant, yeah. They should be building new nuclear for existing datacenters.
The nuclear plant isn’t obsolete… it’s a PWR and with modern fuel cell designs it can reach the same efficiency as modern plants
With huge campuses some business have, I wouldn’t call it negligible. Unless you yourself are running a huge business campus and have some insight on how these noobs should be doing it. 😅