Mark Nelson: How AI is Forcing Big Tech to Abandon '100% Renewable' Fantasy for Nuclear Reality (Part 1) ⚡️🔌 ⚛️ 🏭 🤖

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Mark Nelson is back! (our first conversation is here)

We discussed how AI's massive power needs are reshaping energy policy in unexpected ways.

For years, Big Tech claimed to run on '100% renewable energy' while quietly relying on nuclear and fossil fuels. But now, as companies race to build massive AI computing centers requiring gigawatts of reliable 24/7 power, that pretense is crumbling. Starting with Microsoft's Three Mile Island deal for the revival of a shutdown nuclear plant, we explore how Silicon Valley's desperate hunt for steady power is forcing an energy policy reset across the industry and how that may impact anti-nuclear NGOs and policymakers everywhere.

We dive into Germany's nuclear situation, Taiwan's power challenges, and how the world's richest companies went from being part of the problem to potentially part of the solution.

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