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Endangered bees stop Meta’s plan for nuclear-powered AI data center
Meta’s rivals have struck deals to use nuclear power for some data centers.
Plans by Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta to build an AI data center in the US that runs on nuclear power were thwarted in part because a rare species of bee was discovered on land earmarked for the project, according to people familiar with the matter. The blow comes as rivals Amazon, Google, and Microsoft have all struck deals recently with nuclear power plant operators to fulfill rising energy demands from data centers as they race to train and maintain power-hungry AI models. Zuckerberg is under pressure to prove to investors that his all-in bet on AI will bear fruit, as the company’s capital expenditures continue to rise given its investments in running servers and data centers to develop the cutting-edge technology.
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