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Powering that AI is extraordinarily costly, even more so than its other cloud-based products. Microsoft’s latest sustainability report noted that the company’s water consumption has increased 30% year over year in order to keep its AI supercomputers cool. Kyle Barr, September 28, 2023  https://gizmodo.com.au/2023/09/microsoft-may-go-nuclear-to-support-its-energy-hungry-ai/ Artificial intelligence has proved a costly endeavour—well, yes, in terms of money, but AI requires massive…

Training and running AI needs a lot of power and a lot of water, but Microsoft may want to use microreactors to fuel its big artificial intelligence ambitions.

Microsoft is looking for a program manager to develop and implement a strategy to power its artificial intelligence and cloud data centres using nuclear energy.

India: Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), mentioned in the G20 declaration, are compact versions of traditional nuclear reactors. Unlike their larger counterparts, they can produce up to 300 MW of power and are quicker to build because they're pre-made and assembled on-site.

Lawmakers in Springfield who are not willing to put much effort into learning fundamental details have no business writing future energy legislation, writes David A. Kraft, director of the Nuclear Energy Information Service. David A. Kraft, director, Nuclear Energy Information Service, Sept 4, 2023,  https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/9/4/23855690/illinois-legislators-moratorium-nuclear-energy-info-service-small-modular-reactors-pritzker-letters Rich Miller’s Aug. 25 column about Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s veto…