Rekall Incorporated@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agoGoogle considers sourcing from nuclear power plants, says CEO Pichai [Nikkei]archive.foexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up161arrow-down1external-linkGoogle considers sourcing from nuclear power plants, says CEO Pichai [Nikkei]archive.foRekall Incorporated@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agomessage-square14fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareinterurbain1er@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50·edit-21 day agoProbably because once you start a nuclear reactor you can’t kill the project and discard it on a whim.
minus-squaresuperglue@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 hours agoThat was a nasty line by you
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down4·1 day agoEh, that’s their software side. Google doesn’t do that with hardware infrastructure like data centers.
minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·22 hours agoDidn’t they try to make their own ISP and then left it behind?
minus-squarepmc@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·22 hours agoThey didn’t kill it where it was already running though. Source: this comment posted through Google Fiber
minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 hours agoThey Just stopped expanding then?
minus-squareMacallan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 hours agoNo, they are still expanding. It’s just happening really slowly. They are actively laying fiber and expanding in several cities in AZ right now. A quick search will bring up cities they are planning on moving into.
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-213 hours agoYes, it was more expensive than anticipated to lay new fiber and then they had to fight entrenched monopolies in control of regulators at every turn.
minus-squarepmc@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·20 hours agoThat’s my understanding
Probably because once you start a nuclear reactor you can’t kill the project and discard it on a whim.
That was a nasty line by you
Eh, that’s their software side. Google doesn’t do that with hardware infrastructure like data centers.
Didn’t they try to make their own ISP and then left it behind?
They didn’t kill it where it was already running though.
Source: this comment posted through Google Fiber
They Just stopped expanding then?
No, they are still expanding. It’s just happening really slowly. They are actively laying fiber and expanding in several cities in AZ right now.
A quick search will bring up cities they are planning on moving into.
Yes, it was more expensive than anticipated to lay new fiber and then they had to fight entrenched monopolies in control of regulators at every turn.
That’s my understanding