Episode 3: AI's Power Problem - Chips, Grids, and the Nuclear Gamble

Artificial intelligence is booming, but it has an insatiable appetite for energy. We explore the staggering electricity demand driven by AI data centers, projected to potentially double by 2030.Dive into the hardware arms race, dominated by Nvidia but challenged by AMD and custom chips, and the bottlenecks in manufacturing and cooling straining infrastructure.Can our grids handle the load? Is nuclear power, particularly Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), the controversial answer, despite cost overruns and waste concerns? Or can efficiency gains tame the beast before it's too late? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.