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minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·3 months agoTo be honest, I’m surprised Google/Alphabet hasn’t tried to get into running their own reactor by this point. Energy seems like the one thing they haven’t touched yet.
minus-squareinterurbain1er@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50·edit-23 months agoProbably because once you start a nuclear reactor you can’t kill the project and discard it on a whim.
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoEh, that’s their software side. Google doesn’t do that with hardware infrastructure like data centers.
minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoDidn’t they try to make their own ISP and then left it behind?
minus-squarepmclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoThey didn’t kill it where it was already running though. Source: this comment posted through Google Fiber
minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoThey Just stopped expanding then?
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 months 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-squareMacallan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months 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-squaresuperglue@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoThat was a nasty line by you
To be honest, I’m surprised Google/Alphabet hasn’t tried to get into running their own reactor by this point. Energy seems like the one thing they haven’t touched yet.
Probably because once you start a nuclear reactor you can’t kill the project and discard it on a whim.
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?
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.
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.
That’s my understanding
That was a nasty line by you