China is building all these power plants for AI.

  • CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de
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    6 hours ago

    China is building all these power plants for energy independence. Less than 20% is thermal energy. AI is today’s bingo card, but it’s also transportation and industry (the kind which actually makes things), and globally, China now dominates battery and solar manufacturing.

    • Triumph@fedia.io
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      5 hours ago

      Not to mention that they’ve gone all in on EVs, and you need power plants to charge all of them.