Next-gen nuclear sees a tipping point as Meta and hyperscalers start dealmaking with Bill Gates’ TerraPower, Sam Altman-backed Oklo and more

Next-gen nuclear sees a tipping point as Meta and hyperscalers start dealmaking with Bill Gates’ TerraPower, Sam Altman-backed Oklo and more

Chris Levesque spent a career in the nuclear industry as a Navy submarine operator and a commercial nuclear executive before he joined Bill Gates’ startup TerraPower a decade ago, only to realize he “didn’t know what innovation was.” The staid nuclear sector stalled for decades as natural gas and renewable energy came to dominate a power sector that feared nuclear for both safety concerns and its history of dramatic cost overruns. The only major…

Are Big Tech's Nuclear Construction Deals a Tipping Point for Small Modular Reactors?

Fortune reports on "a watershed moment" in American's nuclear power industry: In January, Meta partnered with Gates' TerraPower and Sam Altman-backed Oklo to develop about 4 gigawatts of combined SMR projects - enough to power almost 3 million homes - for "clean, reliable energy" both for Meta's planned Prometheus AI mega campus in Ohio and beyond. Analysts see Meta as the start of more Big Tech nuclear construction deals - not just agreements w…

Nuclear sees tipping point as Meta makes deals with Bill Gates’ TerraPower, Sam Altman-backed Oklo

Chris Levesque spent a career in the nuclear industry as a Navy submarine operator and a commercial nuclear executive before he joined Bill Gates’ startup TerraPower a decade ago, only to realize he “didn’t know what innovation was.” The staid nuclear sector stalled for decades as natural gas and…