Rekall Incorporated@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 years agoGoogle considers sourcing from nuclear power plants, says CEO Pichai [Nikkei]archive.foexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down17file-text
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minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·2 years 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-up52·edit-22 years agoProbably because once you start a nuclear reactor you can’t kill the project and discard it on a whim.
minus-squaresuperglue@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoThat was a nasty line by you
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down4·2 years agoEh, that’s their software side. Google doesn’t do that with hardware infrastructure like data centers.
minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoDidn’t they try to make their own ISP and then left it behind?
minus-squarepmc@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 years agoThey didn’t kill it where it was already running though. Source: this comment posted through Google Fiber
minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoThey Just stopped expanding then?
minus-squareMacallan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years 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-squarepmc@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoThat’s my understanding
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·edit-22 years 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.
That was a nasty line by you
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.
That’s my understanding
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.