Google will buy half the electricity from one of Finland's nuclear power plants

Post by nomel » Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 1:19 AM UTC

lukeschlather wrote: post #19

echelon wrote: post #11

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It's a market. Why can't someone buy it? Why does it matter that homes "aren't clean" while Google is? That's silly. There's going to be the same level of demand no matter what - the same mix of coal and nuclear inputs will happen regardless of where the outflows are. It's fungible. More demand will in time result in an increase in supply. That's a good thing. We'll be building a lot more, and it's long overdue.

Google is buying the output because they are increasing demand by half a nuclear power plant's worth of power. I actually think it's pretty reasonable to pass a law demanding they build an entire nuclear power plant here.

Post by kQq9oHeAz6wLLS » Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 1:21 AM UTC

ericmay wrote: post #29

johnnyApplePRNG wrote: post #12

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Yes let's shame corporations for spending money on and supporting things that need more support. /s

Somehow folks want this little problem of climate change to go away without any change in their own behaviors. Somehow corporations who sell them goods will just magically "be green" while flying around the world and drinking out of plastic bottles and subscribing to the latest fast-fashion website. But then when the corporations say "yes we should be green" that's a problem too. You just can't please some people, th…

Post by zamadatix » Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 1:23 AM UTC

lukeschlather wrote: post #19

echelon wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a market. Why can't someone buy it? Why does it matter that homes "aren't clean" while Google is? That's silly. There's going to be the same level of demand no matter what - the same mix of coal and nuclear inputs will happen regardless of where the outflows are. It's fungible. More demand will in time result in an increase in supply. That's a good thing. We'll be building a lot more, and it's long overdue.

Google is buying the output because they are increasing demand by half a nuclear power plant's worth of power. I actually think it's pretty reasonable to pass a law demanding they build an entire nuclear power plant here.

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 1:25 AM UTC

topato wrote: post #10

seany wrote: post #6

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* good access to power (this might not mean the cheapest always, but actually getting to it. * easy permitting * lots of space

Which makes Arizona an interesting place to place any new builds of any sort of data center. They’ve been talking about the scarcity of resources there for years, and it’s currently in an escalating tailspin of abundance. Power is cheap as hell there, but once the water dries up… things might change quickly.

Post by ehhthing » Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 1:29 AM UTC

kQq9oHeAz6wLLS wrote: post #33

ericmay wrote: post #29

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Somehow folks want this little problem of climate change to go away without any change in their own behaviors. Somehow corporations who sell them goods will just magically "be green" while flying around the world and drinking out of plastic bottles and subscribing to the latest fast-fashion website. But then when the corporations say "yes we should be green" that's a problem too. You just can't please some people, th…

Don't forget that they buy countless things from China, who is by a very large margin the largest polluter in the world.