The EU’s goal of ramping up data centre capacity is already driving more investment in nuclear energy projects as the bloc seeks to decarbonise and secure energy security at the same time, says the global investment firm.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world/p/2430150/europes-ai-demand-could-set-off-nuclear-energy-boom-says-jp-morgan

The EU’s goal of ramping up data centre capacity is already driving more investment in nuclear energy projects as the bloc seeks to decarbonise and secure energy security at the same time, says the global investment firm.

  • Ooops@feddit.orgEnglish
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    3 days ago

    its’ just that China is heavily dependent on fossil fuels and nuclear.

    On fossil fuels? Yes, specifically a lot of coal. On nuclear? No. I already told you that nuclear is only providing 4% of the produced electricity. And any planned increase is outpaced by the renewable upbuild, so the share of nuclear will actually go down even when the total capacity goes slightly up.