Meta's nuclear AI data center plan thwarted by 'bees' - GIGAZINE
Meta's plan to build a nuclear-powered AI data center has been scrapped after it was discovered that a rare species of bee was living on the proposed site.
Meta's plan for nuclear-powered AI data center thwarted by rare bees
Meta's nuclear datacenter plan reportedly stung by bees • The Register
To protect bees, which support the ecosystem, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), a clean energy research organization, launched the Power-in Pollinators Initiative in 2018, an effort to encourage coexistence with pollinators such as bees and butterflies.
Meanwhile, it is estimated that a single AI query consumes up to 10 times more energy than a Google search, and major AI companies are turning to nuclear power as a way to meet surging electricity demand while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
According to two people familiar with the matter who spoke to the Financial Times, Zuckerberg said at the company-wide meeting that if Meta had secured a deal with a nuclear power plant operator, it would have been the first major tech company to use nuclear power for AI and would have become the world's largest owner of a nuclear plant powering its data centers.
One of them also said that Zuckerberg is frustrated by the difficulty of setting up nuclear power plants in the United States, while China is open to nuclear power.
The Financial Times pointed out that 'China appears to be building nuclear reactors at a rapid pace, but the United States has only opened a handful of them in the past 20 years.'
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