Dangerous Hype: Big Tech's Nuclear Lies

01 Nov 2024 | Abstracted from Counterpunch

"...Morgan Stanley estimated that data centers will 'produce about 2.5 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide-equivalent emissions...share of global electricity produced by nuclear reactors has decreased from 17.5% in 1996 to 9.15% in 2023, largely due to the high costs of and delays in building and operating nuclear reactors."

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