Rekall Incorporated@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-212 days agoGoogle considers sourcing from nuclear power plants, says CEO Pichai [Nikkei]archive.foexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkGoogle considers sourcing from nuclear power plants, says CEO Pichai [Nikkei]archive.foRekall Incorporated@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-212 days agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·12 days agoTo be honest, I’m surprised Google/Alphabet hasn’t tried to get into running their own reactor by this point. Energy seems like the one thing they haven’t touched yet.
minus-squareinterurbain1er@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-212 days agoProbably because once you start a nuclear reactor you can’t kill the project and discard it on a whim.
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·12 days agoEh, that’s their software side. Google doesn’t do that with hardware infrastructure like data centers.
minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·12 days agoDidn’t they try to make their own ISP and then left it behind?
minus-squarepmc@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·12 days agoThey didn’t kill it where it was already running though. Source: this comment posted through Google Fiber
minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·12 days agoThey Just stopped expanding then?
minus-squareMacallan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days agoNo, they are still expanding. It’s just happening really slowly. They are actively laying fiber and expanding in several cities in AZ right now. A quick search will bring up cities they are planning on moving into.
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-212 days agoYes, it was more expensive than anticipated to lay new fiber and then they had to fight entrenched monopolies in control of regulators at every turn.
To be honest, I’m surprised Google/Alphabet hasn’t tried to get into running their own reactor by this point. Energy seems like the one thing they haven’t touched yet.
Probably because once you start a nuclear reactor you can’t kill the project and discard it on a whim.
Eh, that’s their software side. Google doesn’t do that with hardware infrastructure like data centers.
Didn’t they try to make their own ISP and then left it behind?
They didn’t kill it where it was already running though.
Source: this comment posted through Google Fiber
They Just stopped expanding then?
No, they are still expanding. It’s just happening really slowly. They are actively laying fiber and expanding in several cities in AZ right now.
A quick search will bring up cities they are planning on moving into.
Yes, it was more expensive than anticipated to lay new fiber and then they had to fight entrenched monopolies in control of regulators at every turn.