Nothing stops the AI companies from using only energy from renewable sources, right?

NewJazz 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Tariffs, regulatory quick sand, political pressure...

LinXitoW 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Are those really going to be bigger for renewables than for nuclear power?

	▲	NewJazz 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Probably in this administration at least tariffs will be more of an obstacle for renewables.

andsoitis 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Sure anyone can come up with hypothetical threats. What’s your concrete evidence to suggest this will happen?

	▲	andsoitis 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		opening sentence in that article: "... a key step toward wrapping up a year-old trade case in which American manufacturers accused Chinese companies of flooding the market with unfairly cheap goods."

bluefirebrand 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Nothing other than the fact that renewables won't be able to keep up if the AI demand keeps growing the way it has been

polski-g 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

They just buy a contract from a power distribution company. They don't care where it comes from.

If you want the PD companies to have a different blend, then they need carrots and sticks.

Demand is too high, same goes for nuclear which takes too long to build.