Microsoft has not ruled out the nuclear option for data centres


Brandon How
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Microsoft is considering using small nuclear reactors and microreactors to power its data centres as the company looks to shore up clean energy supply in response to growing demand for AI services, an Australia-based spokesperson has explained.

At the end of September, Microsoft published a job ad on its corporate careers web page for a principal program manager for nuclear technology to lead a global small modular rector (SMR) and …

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