US EditionRoundtables: Why AI Companies Are Betting on Next-Gen Nuclear
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AI is driving unprecedented investment for massive data centers and an energy supply that can support its huge computational appetite. One potential source of electricity for these facilities is next-generation nuclear power plants, which could be cheaper to construct and safer to operate than their predecessors. Watch a discussion with our editors and reporters on hyperscale AI data centers and next-gen nuclear—two featured technologies on the …
Ai Consumes so Much Electricity that Meta, Google and Microsoft Are Betting on a Plan: Nuclear Power
Some events such as the blackout that Spain suffered a few months ago show how electrical energy is fundamental to certain activities, but in the case of technology companies this need for energy sources is exacerbated by the growth of data centers and their stakes in AI. For decades, the nuclear industry was the "ugly duck" of the green transition, as it is a costly vertical and persecuted by the stigma of past accidents. However, in 2026, tech…
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