Amazon, Google and Meta support tripling nuclear power by 2050
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/12/amazon-google-and-meta-support-tripling-nuclear-power-by-2050.html
Amazon, Google and Meta support tripling nuclear power by 2050
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/12/amazon-google-and-meta-support-tripling-nuclear-power-by-2050.html
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[Amazon](https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/AMZN/), [Alphabet’s](https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/GOOG/) Google and [Meta Platforms](https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/META/) on Wednesday said they support efforts to at least triple nuclear energy worldwide by 2050.
The technology companies signed a pledge first adopted in December 2023 by more than 20 countries, including the U.S., at the U.N. Climate Change Conference. Financial institutions including Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley backed the pledge last year.
The pledge is nonbinding, but highlights the growing support for expanding nuclear power among leading industries, finance and governments.
Amazon, Google and Meta are increasingly important drivers of energy demand in the U.S. as they build out artificial intelligence centers. The tech sector is turning to nuclear power after concluding that renewables alone won’t provide enough reliable power for their energy needs.
I’m sure they’ll want to keep regulations in place and won’t run the whole thing on “just trust us”
Okay thanks for your support. Youre all rich enough to build your own power plants and care about waste management tho.
Only because they’re AI whores that want to dedicate two thirds of the world power supply to AI
Yes! Please. Meltdowns and accidents happen when we STOP investing and advancing the tech. It’s a much bigger problem to let the existing powerplants age and rely on tech from the 70-80s. Put rules in place that they need to upgrade within x timeframe whenever something safer is invented.
Yeah I’m sure the new plants will help bring down energy costs and help us move away from fossil fuels- the energy generated won’t all totally go towards powering ever-growing AI to take care of that pesky labor problem of needing to pay us. And these billionaire-owned mega-corporations are going to pay for the plants, right? Not us citizens, since we don’t get to benefit…..right? Right?
I’m all for nuclear- but this is a load of shit
Well if they support it, then BY GOSH WE GOTTA DO IT
Then why in the ever living fuck did they support Trump, who is extremely vocal about, and has a proven track record of protecting and bolstering coal usage?
If they want more nuclear, they should have stood by the party that wants cleaner energy, the democrats.
Well, the second best time to plant a tree is 30 years too late.
Nuclear is a good, clean power source when done right. Some countries like Finland, France, etc. have found ways to consume more of the nuclear power source and generate far less waste with clearly defined disposal practices.
Not going to happen given the poor economics of nuclear energy, lack of coordinated procurement strategy, and competition from cheap gas and renewables. How the big tech companies have such a poor understanding of energy technology dynamics escapes me.
I’m all for more nuclear power facilities, but I’m not for them being built by the most anti-regulation companies (and/or administration) in existence. Building these plants for the cheapest price by the lowest bidder is going to end up with another Three Mile Island incident–or worse, an even more destructive Chernobyl.
Nuclear power is clean, and is plentiful, but only if it is used with the utmost care. If corners are cut–and I have no reason to believe *these* companies won’t cut corners–it has the potential to cause untold strife.
That’s great and all. God forbid you pay for it to bring it sooner.