Google and Microsoft enter legal battle over cloud

Microsoft wants to power AI systems with nuclear energy


Internet giant Google took a big step today by filing an antitrust complaint with the EU over Microsoft’s cloud practices. found.

Google accuses Microsoft of unfair licensing agreements for its Azure cloud services. Google, which wants this process to end, has filed a major antitrust complaint with the European Union. Google, which ranks third in the cloud market after Microsoft and Amazon, claims that Microsoft imposes licensing terms that make it difficult and expensive to use Windows Server and Office products in non-Azure cloud infrastructures. Microsoft had previously made headlines with a nuclear power plant move. The software giant also wants to use nuclear energy to meet the increasing energy needs of its data centers that enable the operation of artificial intelligence systems, to which it has recently attached incredible importance. Despite the risks and waste problems, the company has been searching for experienced personnel in nuclear energy, which is cleaner than other energy production sources. signed a deal to revive the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant, which was closed years ago.

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If legal permits are issued, the company will reactivate the nuclear power plant, which was closed in 2019 due to economic reasons, and It will be able to produce up to 837 megawatts of energy there. 100 percent of the energy produced will go to Microsoft and the company’s AI-focused servers. However, the plant will not be restored immediately. Even if the permits are issued, the plant will only be operational after It will take place in 2028.

Elon Musk speaking last yearhad stated that artificial intelligence systems would experience serious electrical problems. Artificial intelligence, especially next-generation generative AI systems, require massive server systems. As companies continually expand their server systems, their electricity needs also increase.

But we haven’t yet had a revolution that will change everything in electricity generation, and that’s why Elon Muskthinks that artificial intelligence systems will cause a serious electrical problem and He says that it will show itself to a great extent in 2025: “The next problem is going to be electricity. Companies are not going to have enough electricity to run all those chips/AI processors. I think you’re going to see next year where they’re not going to have enough electricity to run all those chips.” In addition, Musk states that the increase in electric vehicles will also significantly increase the need for electricity.

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