Big-big tech companies dey use plenty electricity, and dem need energy wey go dey steady and still dey sustainable.
As dem dey try meet di energy wey dem need, tech giants like Google don dey look nuclear energy as one kain solution.
After companies like Amazon and Microsoft don start to dey consider nuclear energy, Google sef don dey check how dem fit use am to power di big-big data centers wey dey run Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other data services.
Google CEO, Sundar Pichai, talk say di company dey find energy wey go meet di high demand dem get and still help dem achieve net-zero emissions. E talk dis one on Thursday.
Pichai still explain say di investment wey dem dey put for AI don increase di energy wey di company dey need. Earlier dis year, OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman, warn say di way AI dey use energy fit cause energy wahala if new sources no dey.
Dis kain fear na wetin make Google and other companies dey look nuclear energy as di kind energy wey fit provide steady and big supply.
For July, Google set one big goal to achieve net-zero emissions for all di company operations and supply chain by 2030. But di company report say di total emissions wey dem dey cause increase by 48% for 2023 compared to 2019, as di energy wey dem dey use don double.
Pichai talk say di goal na very ambitious one, but dem go still dey work hard to achieve am. E still add say di investment for AI don make di work dey more plenty.
Google interest for nuclear energy no just dey about sustainability. Di company don dey check clean energy solutions like wind and solar for years, but as AI dey expand, dem no sure say di traditional renewable energy go fit meet di demand.
Di CEO talk say dem don see small modular reactors (SMRs) as one promising solution. E talk say dem dey consider more investment for solar energy and SMRs.
SMRs dey smaller and more flexible pass di traditional nuclear plants, so dem fit work well for places like data centers wey need plenty energy.
Pichai talk for Carnegie Mellon University say di investment and innovation wey dey go into new energy dey give am hope for di future. E explain say di way Generative AI don change Google energy strategy na wetin make dem dey invest more for energy sources wey fit meet di high demand.
No be only Google dey aim for net-zero emissions. Amazon and Microsoft sef don sign big agreements with nuclear plants to power their operations.
Earlier dis year, Amazon sign $650 million deal with Susquehanna nuclear plant, while Microsoft sign 20-year agreement with Three Mile Island plant for Pennsylvania. Even though Microsoft wan be carbon-negative by 2030, di AI activities don make their emissions increase by 30% since 2020.
Di road ahead no clear yet, but Google exploration of nuclear energy show say di tech industry dey shift. Di energy wey AI need don reach new level, and di traditional renewable energy like wind and solar no sure to meet di demand.
Nuclear technology, with di ability to provide steady and big electricity, fit be di solution wey tech companies go dey look for as dem dey face dis kain challenge.