[Majromax]

> And aluminum has more benefits than these AIs.

It's not like these data centers or the power to run them are free, or being paid for out of public generosity.

If AI proves to be over-hyped, then the private-sector backers of these ventures will lose their investments, and life will go on. Frankly, I'd expect that fate for half of the projects in this article (if not cancelled before completion) just because of the "gold rush" dynamics at play.

[croes]

What happens to the power plants they built or revived?

[Lerc]

If AI fizzles out and the investors lose everything, then I guess a group of the worlds wealthiest individuals have built a lot of infrastructure projects at no benefit to themselves.

I'm prepared to take that risk.

[croes]

If some of these projects are nuclear power plants that’s a huge risk.

[Lerc]

Then contest the development of nuclear power plants, not the generation of electricity in general.