Data centers, the things that physically store and share applications and data, require an enormous amount of energy to run. These giant storage units, responsible for 1-1.5% of global electricity consumption, have traditionally relied on renewable sources like solar and wind but it seems as though renewable energy just won’t be able to keep up with the demand required moving forward.
SL-1 can’t happen in a modern reactor design. In fact, it probably could never have happened in any non-test bed reactor. The issue was cause by an actual human pulling the control rod physically, from what I can tell. That’s just not a thing done with operating reactors I’m pretty certain. There are also a ton more precautions built in than they had, as well as better protocal and understanding of the mechanics.