1 00:00:07,173 --> 00:00:10,453 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Team podcast 2 00:00:10,613 --> 00:00:11,773 Speaker 1: from News Talks at be. 3 00:00:12,853 --> 00:00:15,293 Speaker 2: Time to catch up with our textbook Paul Stenhouse, who's 4 00:00:15,293 --> 00:00:18,093 Speaker 2: will with us this morning with details on how Amazon 5 00:00:18,693 --> 00:00:21,333 Speaker 2: has decided to join various other top tech firms with 6 00:00:21,413 --> 00:00:23,533 Speaker 2: a fora into nuclear power. 7 00:00:23,613 --> 00:00:27,093 Speaker 3: Paul, it seems to be just what the big tech 8 00:00:27,093 --> 00:00:29,133 Speaker 3: companies do now, Jack. If you want to be a 9 00:00:29,133 --> 00:00:31,613 Speaker 3: big tech company, you've got to somehow be involved in 10 00:00:31,653 --> 00:00:35,413 Speaker 3: the sector. Because they're spending a ton of money to 11 00:00:35,453 --> 00:00:38,293 Speaker 3: partner with a company to look at developing what they're 12 00:00:38,293 --> 00:00:44,213 Speaker 3: calling small modular nuclear reactors, so basically not massive power plants, 13 00:00:44,293 --> 00:00:46,333 Speaker 3: kind of like maybe you have in your head or 14 00:00:46,373 --> 00:00:48,213 Speaker 3: what you've seen in the past. But they're trying to 15 00:00:48,213 --> 00:00:52,253 Speaker 3: think how to do smaller nuclear reactors, which I can 16 00:00:52,293 --> 00:00:54,253 Speaker 3: only guess they will want to try to put close 17 00:00:54,293 --> 00:00:57,013 Speaker 3: to their data centers. And it's all because of our 18 00:00:57,093 --> 00:01:01,853 Speaker 3: good friend AI. They just need so much computing power 19 00:01:01,973 --> 00:01:05,973 Speaker 3: to make AI happen, and that obviously requires bundles of energy. 20 00:01:06,533 --> 00:01:10,373 Speaker 3: In Virginia, the state in America where there are a 21 00:01:10,453 --> 00:01:12,773 Speaker 3: ton of data centers, it's kind of like where Amazon, 22 00:01:12,773 --> 00:01:14,693 Speaker 3: I think, at one of its first big cloud data 23 00:01:14,693 --> 00:01:19,253 Speaker 3: centers East One, as it's known. The power demand in Virginia, 24 00:01:19,413 --> 00:01:23,013 Speaker 3: it's growing at five percent year over year. They're expecting 25 00:01:23,093 --> 00:01:27,053 Speaker 3: that by twenty forty they're going to need double the 26 00:01:27,133 --> 00:01:31,213 Speaker 3: amount of energy then right now. So there's quite a problem, 27 00:01:31,293 --> 00:01:33,933 Speaker 3: right and so they're not only looking at how to 28 00:01:33,973 --> 00:01:37,173 Speaker 3: do this with this one firm, but they're also putting well, 29 00:01:37,213 --> 00:01:40,173 Speaker 3: they've gone on a financing round, a half a billion 30 00:01:40,213 --> 00:01:43,333 Speaker 3: dollar financing round with a private company who wants to 31 00:01:43,373 --> 00:01:47,293 Speaker 3: open four of these same small nuclear reactors on the 32 00:01:47,293 --> 00:01:51,573 Speaker 3: West Coast. They're a little further along, but huge amounts 33 00:01:51,573 --> 00:01:53,293 Speaker 3: of dollars in there. And the Wall Street Journal kind 34 00:01:53,293 --> 00:01:56,253 Speaker 3: of said something interesting. We talked about it a couple 35 00:01:56,293 --> 00:01:58,213 Speaker 3: of weeks when we talked about the Microsoft deal. But 36 00:01:58,253 --> 00:02:02,093 Speaker 3: there seems to be are innaissance of nuclear power, because 37 00:02:02,533 --> 00:02:04,693 Speaker 3: if we want to do the AI thing, we're going 38 00:02:04,733 --> 00:02:08,453 Speaker 3: to need a ton of power, and nuclear obviously is 39 00:02:08,533 --> 00:02:13,053 Speaker 3: an incredible source of clean energy when it all goes. 40 00:02:12,973 --> 00:02:15,693 Speaker 2: Well, yes, yeah, yeah, and not forgetting that there is 41 00:02:15,693 --> 00:02:17,613 Speaker 2: always a bit of nuclear waste as well, but yeah, 42 00:02:17,893 --> 00:02:21,133 Speaker 2: I mean that it is amazing. Speaking of Amazon, they're 43 00:02:21,213 --> 00:02:23,293 Speaker 2: now going to be delivering Election night news. 44 00:02:23,773 --> 00:02:26,053 Speaker 3: Yes, so you can get your packages delivered by Amazon, 45 00:02:26,173 --> 00:02:27,893 Speaker 3: and now you can turn on the TV and you 46 00:02:27,893 --> 00:02:31,413 Speaker 3: can understand what's happening in the election in the United States. 47 00:02:31,613 --> 00:02:34,613 Speaker 3: I was surprised about this one because most of these 48 00:02:34,613 --> 00:02:38,653 Speaker 3: streamers have really tried to steer clear of news and 49 00:02:38,853 --> 00:02:43,253 Speaker 3: all of the kind of you know, commentary that goes 50 00:02:43,253 --> 00:02:45,813 Speaker 3: alongside it. But their prime video service is going to 51 00:02:45,853 --> 00:02:50,213 Speaker 3: have the former NBC broadcaster of Brian Williams hosting. They 52 00:02:50,253 --> 00:02:54,373 Speaker 3: say that the coverage will be informative, accessible, and nonpartisan. 53 00:02:54,653 --> 00:02:57,253 Speaker 3: I look forward to seeing how they do it, but 54 00:02:57,493 --> 00:02:59,893 Speaker 3: they will. They say they're going to be referencing third 55 00:02:59,933 --> 00:03:03,373 Speaker 3: party news sources across all the political affiliations. So I'm 56 00:03:03,453 --> 00:03:05,013 Speaker 3: kind of wondering if the way they're going to set 57 00:03:05,053 --> 00:03:06,853 Speaker 3: it up as Brian Williams kind of going to be 58 00:03:06,933 --> 00:03:09,373 Speaker 3: like a guide or a sherpet to all of this 59 00:03:09,453 --> 00:03:12,293 Speaker 3: information that's being presented. He's gonna show us a bit 60 00:03:12,373 --> 00:03:14,733 Speaker 3: over here from Fox and a bit over here from MSNBC, 61 00:03:14,893 --> 00:03:16,973 Speaker 3: and here is what the New York Times dial is saying. 62 00:03:17,253 --> 00:03:20,653 Speaker 3: I don't know, but I can only guess if that's 63 00:03:20,653 --> 00:03:22,173 Speaker 3: how they're trying to keep this as non part of 64 00:03:22,173 --> 00:03:25,213 Speaker 3: them as possible but interesting. 65 00:03:25,533 --> 00:03:27,973 Speaker 2: Yeah, no, it is interesting. It is interesting, and yeah, 66 00:03:28,053 --> 00:03:29,653 Speaker 2: the proof of the puddings in the eating. But it 67 00:03:29,693 --> 00:03:31,933 Speaker 2: feels like this is the kind of no non partisan 68 00:03:31,933 --> 00:03:34,933 Speaker 2: media in America right now. So yeah, thank you very much, Paul. 69 00:03:35,013 --> 00:03:37,893 Speaker 2: We will catch you soon. That's our texpert Paul Stenhouse. 70 00:03:38,573 --> 00:03:41,693 Speaker 1: For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, Listen live 71 00:03:41,773 --> 00:03:44,573 Speaker 1: to news talks he'd be from nine am Saturday, or 72 00:03:44,653 --> 00:03:46,573 Speaker 1: follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.