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highplainsdem

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9. Those, too. But the AI bros have also been talking about wanting nuclear power, and the Trump admin

Reply to Probatim (Reply #5)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 08:00 PM

13 hrs ago

is going to cut a lot of regulations to help them there:

Trump has slashed safety requirements for nuclear reactors - secretly - as a favor for AI bros building data centers
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220976814

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WATCH: Trump hosts AI leaders to sign pledge that households won't bear utility bill increases [View all] BumRushDaShow 15 hrs ago OP

Promises are made to be broken This one is no exception Deuxcents 15 hrs ago #1

F'ck him and the assemblage of Broligarch's he rode in on. CentralMass 15 hrs ago #2

I do not believe it..................... Lovie777 15 hrs ago #3

I wonder if Trump.mentioned that one idea for data center power is lots of small deregulated nuclear power plants. highplainsdem 15 hrs ago #4

Small, natural gas gensets will likely be a chunk of it. Noisy, polluting, pieces of shit. Probatim 14 hrs ago #5

Those, too. But the AI bros have also been talking about wanting nuclear power, and the Trump admin highplainsdem 13 hrs ago #9

Microsoft got Three Mile Island reopened. We're financing the insurance to keep it running. Probatim 13 hrs ago #11

So...uh, let's say purr-rat beauty 14 hrs ago #6

Come back in 2027 for... EarlG 14 hrs ago #7

That would not surprise me. highplainsdem 13 hrs ago #10

I never saw any Schoolhouse Rock called "How a Bill Becomes a Pledge" Prairie Gates 14 hrs ago #8

Aw gee - did they pinkie swear on that? Marie Marie 10 hrs ago #12

"they need some PR help" LudwigPastorius 9 hrs ago #13