Rekall Incorporated@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoGoogle considers sourcing from nuclear power plants, says CEO Pichai [Nikkei]archive.foexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up164arrow-down1external-linkGoogle considers sourcing from nuclear power plants, says CEO Pichai [Nikkei]archive.foRekall Incorporated@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square14fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareinterurbain1er@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51·edit-22 days 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-up3·1 day agoThat was a nasty line by you
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down4·2 days agoEh, that’s their software side. Google doesn’t do that with hardware infrastructure like data centers.
minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoDidn’t they try to make their own ISP and then left it behind?
minus-squarepmc@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 day agoThey didn’t kill it where it was already running though. Source: this comment posted through Google Fiber
minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoThey Just stopped expanding then?
minus-squareMacallan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 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-21 day 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-down1·1 day 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