Comments by "Diana Pennepacker" (@dianapennepacker6854) on "Nuclear 4.0 | The Small Modular Reactor Revolution" video.

  1. Data centers alone are projected to consume insane amounts of energy. So the micro reactors might make total sense to them. Solar is more vulnerable to things like hail storms. Yet if they can't lower costs of reactors it is not happening. Anyway we should be desiging mini persomal reactors to power exoskeletons or aircraft god damn it. Make a sphere of the best materials we have with a reaction going on it. Then use TPV cells to capture the heat! I think there are materials that give off light that is blinding when heated. Put that in it too so the cells can capture that as well.
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  2.  @Prometheus4096  You are right and wrong. Google is already investing in geothermal to power their own things. (I hope millimeter wave drilling takes off as well. I am all for geothermal. ) On the other hand Microsoft signed a deal for nuclear with Helion for a nuclear plant. While Amazon invested in a nuclear plant to draw power from allowing that company to invest. Some crypto firms are looking into nuclear as well. I can't remember which. Some datacenters/servers need to be close to certain areas for a variety of reasons. The cost of AI specifically is going to rise so fast that it might not be feasible to use wind or solar nearby. Both require a ton of space. If companies had it their own way you'd be 100% correct. Cheaper to just use wind or solar, but it isn't always possible, and will be harder as AI requires more power to run. Nuclear in that case looks enticing. SMRs will be perfect for those situations. Especially when you look at the projected numbers of GW used in one place by 2030 to 2050. So what I am saying is solar and wind when possible. With SMRs covering gaps when it isn't possible to purchase enough land. It doesn't need to be one solution. Remember governments and citizens are already raising eyebrows at the demands, and raising power costs in areas these companies operate in. Companies are raising eyebrows at lack of the power companies stepping up, and most likely find it cheaper to build/generate their own power. But we will see! I am all for nuclear, but doesn't seem like any companies can maintain their projected price in the West, and the last thing I want is a lack in saftey. Especislly after what South Korea nuclear has pulled!
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