BBC World Business Report – Google’s Limitless Energy

Published 21 Oct 2024

Last week, October 15th, Michael was interviewed by Will Bain of the BBC to discuss Google’s new deal to use small nuclear reactors to generate the vast amounts of energy needed to power its data centres. Michael explained how in the new age of artificial intelligence (AI) and ChatGPT, data centres demand a huge amount of energy, but he questions whether these small nuclear reactors will be the most cost effective solutions down the line.