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minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 hours 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-up28·edit-29 hours agoProbably because once you start a nuclear reactor you can’t kill the project and discard it on a whim.
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·9 hours agoEh, that’s their software side. Google doesn’t do that with hardware infrastructure like data centers.
minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoDidn’t they try to make their own ISP and then left it behind?
minus-squarepmc@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 hours agoThey didn’t kill it where it was already running though. Source: this comment posted through Google Fiber
minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoThey Just stopped expanding then?
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.
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?
That’s my understanding