Big Tech Wants to Bring Back Nuclear. It’s (Still) an Awful Idea.

Big Tech Wants to Bring Back Nuclear. It’s (Still) an Awful Idea.

Big Tech companies have big plans to ramp up their energy use, and they’re turning to nuclear power to support it. The industry is building more and more energy-hungry data centers — which enable everything from video streaming to the artificial intelligence (AI) boom we’re seeing on social media — across the country.  Partly to stick to their (already dubious) climate goals, tech companies like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are joining nuclear …