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1. Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 23-Sep-2024 07:57:27 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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   • sj_zero
   • Mr. Bacon

   @Tony @sj_zero It's just AI bubblism at work. In their heads, this is necessary to power a cloud service on azure that lets them replace white collar workers until the country falls.

   Buying a nuke plant now means that they can offer a $50,000 a year subscription to "replace" doctor ranjesh Patel, an unimpressively average bottom thirder who only writes RX's for ear infections

   • Mr. Bacon (tony@clew.lol)'s status on Monday, 23-Sep-2024 07:57:28 JST Mr. Bacon

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     • sj_zero
     thats the one.
     
     Since when does microsoft become the power company? That's so stupid.
   • sj_zero (sj_zero@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Monday, 23-Sep-2024 07:57:29 JST sj_zero

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     • Mr. Bacon
     If this is the story that I looked up, first of all it doesn't look like Microsoft is going to own that power plant, it is going to continue to be owned by the current owner. Microsoft is going to invest in the Three Mile Island facility to get it back up and running, and then we'll have a 20 year agreement to purchase energy from them. According to the article, that would add 800 megawatts to the grid. By my account, that would add 672 gigawatt-hours to the grid assuming that it runs 24/7.
     
     Unless there is another story somewhere else that has them investing in nuclear power...
   • Mr. Bacon (tony@clew.lol)'s status on Monday, 23-Sep-2024 07:57:30 JST Mr. Bacon
     so microsoft is buying a nuclear power plant here are some fun facts:
     
     Microsofts new power plant generates 6000GWh per year
     
     New York requires 6.3GW per year to run.
     
     It doesn't seem like a corporation should be owning that...