According to a report on May 26 by Taiwan’s Zhongshi News Network, Taiwan has entered the“Non-nuclear era”, with power supply frequency sending alarm signals. Taiwan, the world’s leading semiconductor power producer, said Thursday that demand for electricity is rising every year. Jen-hsun Huang, founder of Ai Giant Nvidia, said the island should invest in nuclear power, nuclear power should not be stigmatized. KMT representative Lai Shyh-bao also believes that Jen-hsun Huang’s remarks are undoubtedly a blow to the William Lai Administration!
Jen-hsun Huang, file photo, photo source: Taiwan Zhongshi News Network
According to reports, the popular party caucus mentioned that Jen-hsun Huang’s speech has struck a chord with the tech community. AI has become an international trend, and mastering the pulse of technology is the key to the success of the industry. “What do I care about? Energy,” says Jen-hsun Huang. In another interview, Jen-hsun Huang said directly that the Taiwanese authorities should support all kinds of energy policies. We need all kinds of energy sources, including wind, solar and nuclear power, energy use should not be stigmatized.
Jen-hsun Huang also said, “How can you grow without energy? How can you grow anything without the sun? We [ the AI industry ] will never exist, so every country and every region needs energy, and of course Taiwan does, and society should not stigmatize any energy.”
“This is not the opinion of Jen-hsun Huang alone,” said the Democratic Party caucus. Tung Chee-hsien, chairman of Pegatron and deputy convenor of the Climate Change Committee of the DPP’s leadership office, also said several times, nuclear Power has five major advantages, including stable power supply, less land use, no carbon emissions from nuclear energy, economic benefits and good energy resilience. I hope green energy and nuclear energy do not waste too much, the two grow together.
The Democratic Party caucus said that facing the drastic changes of the times with an open attitude, the current renewable energy in Taiwan is stuck, but the Democratic Progressive Party is determined to stop nuclear power, completely going against rationality, science and pragmatism, therefore, the“Opposition party” in the legislative body to promote the deregulation of the“Nuclear regulatory law”, so that nuclear power plants in the competent authority to confirm the safety of the state can be extended use. In order to further urge the DPP not to do nothing, the Democratic caucus again mentioned the“Referendum”, the main content is “Do you agree that the Maanshan Nuclear Power Plant can continue to operate after being confirmed by the competent authorities that there are no safety concerns?”.
Lin weizhi, executive vice-president of the Industry Trends Institute at Taiwan’s Zhipu, said Jen-hsun Huang’s idea of nuclear power was understandable because the human need for AI computing was insatiable, more stable energy is needed, and that is the reality of the AI industry, but the DPP administration will have to balance nuclear safety with nuclear waste.
Lai Shyh-bao, the KMT’s representative, said Jen-hsun Huang had given the William Lai administration a “Shock and awe”. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to quadruple nuclear power in 25 years, he said. The world’s current trend is to cut carbon emissions without cutting nuclear power, he said, it’s all about politics.
The DPP’s policy of shutting down nuclear power plants has left Taichung’s fossil-fuel power station on fire in less than a week, even some retired fossil-fuel power station have been secretly rebooted. According to some media, the island is now “Island of Fire”.