Meta stops its nuclear energy projects because of a bee

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Goal has decided stop its plans to use nuclear energy to power a data center in the United States, since a new species of bee has been discovered on the land destined for the project, according to information from the 'Financial Times' prepared with sources close to the company. The same sources assure that the founder of the firm, Mark Zuckerberg, had intended to seek some type of agreement with an existing nuclear energy operator for the supply, although the project had other challenges, such as environmental and regulatory challenges. However, the company does not rule out the use of nuclear energy in future projectswhile continuing to look for more sustainable sources to power its facilities. Meta has not been the only company to explore the use of this type of energy, which is becoming very popular among 'big tech', and in October Amazon announced an investment of $500 million in three projects that seek to develop nuclear energywhich includes the construction of several new small modular reactors (SMRs). Before that date, Microsoft and Alphabet, Google's parent company, will already show their intentions to explore the use of nuclear energy to power their data centers and increase the supply of energy at a time of high demand due to the promotion of artificial intelligence (AI).