wall street journalReports indicate that Microsoft plans to use nuclear power to generate the electricity needed to train artificial intelligence.
Microsoft has been communicating with US regulators over the past six months, hoping to obtain permission to build civilian nuclear power generation facilities to drive the electricity needed for artificial intelligence training. It has even used artificial intelligence to draft relevant regulations on how nuclear power generation facilities should operate and how the facilities should be arranged and planned.
The construction of nuclear power generation facilities usually requires longer time for evaluation and review, and construction also requires a lot of time and funds. Therefore, Microsoft may have to wait for a long time to successfully complete the construction of nuclear power generation facilities.
In addition to Microsoft, companies including Google have also begun evaluating other ways to generate electricity for use in artificial intelligence training. Small modular reactors (SMRs) have become a design that many companies plan to adopt, promoting nuclear power generation through nuclear reactor facilities that are relatively low in construction cost and easier to build.
However, since small modular reactors have not yet been approved for operation in the United States, it may take Microsoft longer to convince regulators to approve its plan. Microsoft emphasized that it will not allow artificial intelligence to cause nuclear reactor meltdowns or allow artificial intelligence to handle all nuclear reaction processing workflows to avoid unexpected errors that may have a greater impact.
