the public is expected to deal with higher prices after every data center build?
No. But the states that let companies put trillions of dollars of datacentre and power hardware in their borders will probably reap benefits from it for decades to come regardless of how AI pans out.
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Google is working with Kairos Power for nuclear reactors at their datacenters.
Microsoft struck a deal with Three Mile Island to get a reactor up.
And Amazon is working with Talen Energy.
Might be others I missed.
So the public is expected to deal with higher prices after every data center build? The work can't be done in advance?
No. But the states that let companies put trillions of dollars of datacentre and power hardware in their borders will probably reap benefits from it for decades to come regardless of how AI pans out.