Tripling planned
Amazon and Google campaign for nuclear power
Companies such as Amazon and Google are campaigning for a massive expansion of nuclear energy. The internet giants signed an appeal at the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston on Wednesday, in which they promised to work towards tripling nuclear energy capacities by 2050.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen The energy company Occidental and the Japanese mechanical engineering company IHI were also among the signatories. IT applications in the field of artificial intelligence in particular require enormous amounts of electricity.
According to the World Nuclear Association, 439 nuclear power plants are in operation worldwide. In Germany, the last nuclear power plant was shut down in April 2023. Austria decided against nuclear power plants in the 1970s.
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