Yann LeCun on Nuclear Power

Yann LeCun (Vice-President, Chief AI Scientist at Meta):<p><pre><code> AI datacenters will be built next to energy production sites that can produce gigawatt-scale, low-cost, low-emission electricity continuously. Basically, next to nuclear power plants. The advantage is that there is no need for expensive and wasteful long-distance distribution infrastructure. Note: yes, solar and wind are nice and all, but they require lots of land and massive-scale energy storage systems for when there is too little sun and&#x2F;or wind. Neither simple nor cheap. </code></pre> See also:<p>Microsoft paying $100&#x2F;MWh to restart Three Mile Island nuclear power plant:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=41601443">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=41601443</a>

This is so wrong it has to be misdirection. (a desperate attempt to change the issue to the one you would prefer to address).<p>Nuclear has never been cheap and never will be. How long the transmission lines will stretch across the prairie is meaningless.<p>Cooling costs is a much more..fruitful discussion question..., but that has nothing to do with where the electricity comes from.