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UK needs more nuclear to power AI, says Amazon boss

2 pointsby gslin5 days ago

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Logans_Run5 days ago
Ok great but let me just make sure that I understand things correctly here... the UK government (and by extension the UK&#x27;s Tax-Payers) build these nuclear power stations just so the the FANGS* can hook their DC&#x27;s up to it and charge their users for access? Am I understanding that correctly or am I just being jaded and cynical? Given that apparently building DC&#x27;s on greenfield land is A-OK [1] because there are no brown field abandoned industrial estates anywhere in the UK (&#x2F;s) and now on top of that, the UK tax payers are expected to pay for the power stations via increased bills due to &quot;infrastructure improvements&quot; I am beyond the “SMH” stage.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theregister.com&#x2F;2025&#x2F;05&#x2F;16&#x2F;uk_overrules_local_council_approve_datacenter&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theregister.com&#x2F;2025&#x2F;05&#x2F;16&#x2F;uk_overrules_local_co...</a><p>*FANG is rapidly becoming an outdated term for the big 5 AI players but in this case the acronym seems a good fit although Wikipedia confidently informs me that these days acronyms like MANAMANA or G-MAFIA BAT are more relevant.
sylware5 days ago
... but &quot;small hosting&quot; needs less &quot;scanners&quot; like &quot;sslsonar&quot; protected on your aws cloud.