Sam Altman? No—Bezos Calls for Nuclear-Powered Offshore Data Center Platforms
beffjezos · x · 2026-11-04
In a quoted post reacting to @NWischoff's "bring on the off-grid permit-less data centers," the account beffjezos (310K followers) pushes the idea further: "It's time to build the archipelago of nuclear powered offshore platforms" — floating, nuclear-powered platforms as a way to bypass grid constraints and permitting bottlenecks for AI-era compute buildout. A short but telling signal of the aggressive energy-first approach to data center siting circulating in Silicon Valley.
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