Nuclear Power

US tosses $134M pocket change at fusion pipe dream

That won't even warm the plasma

Science11 Sep 2025 | 13

French datacenter biz signs 12-year nuclear pact with EDF

Data4 to secure 40 MW of atomic juice as part of long-term low-carbon strategy

On-Prem08 Sep 2025 | 6

Japan exploring whether AI could help inspect its nuclear power plants

If regulators heed the lessons of Fukushima, testing will have to jump Godzilla-sized hurdles

AI + ML28 Aug 2025 | 16

Anthropic scanning Claude chats for queries about DIY nukes for some reason

Because savvy terrorists always use public internet services to plan their mischief, right?

AI + ML21 Aug 2025 | 12

Molten salt nuclear reactors slated to power Google datacenters in 2030

More than 60 years after first demos of this tech, Kairos will bring it back to Oak Ridge

Science18 Aug 2025 | 65

Physicist models new use for nuclear waste: Turning it into super-rare fusion fuel

Got a particle accelerator? Here’s your tritium startup idea

Science18 Aug 2025 | 24

Equinix signs deals for nukes and fuel cells to power its AI bit barns

Updated Datacenter giant looks for energy sources outside the grid

PaaS + IaaS14 Aug 2025 | 3

Who made the demo list for Trump's fast-track nuclear reactor scheme?

US DoE names firms for Pilot Program to show how it could be done

Science14 Aug 2025 | 55

UK.gov's nuclear strategy is 'slow, inefficient, and costly'

Taskforce delivers damning interim report on next generation of energy generation

Science12 Aug 2025 | 63

News from a possible future: ‘Rampant jellyfish cause AI outage by taking datacenter offline'

Don’t laugh, a French nuclear power plant just shut down for a while after invertebrates overwhelmed its intakes

Cloud Infrastructure Month12 Aug 2025 | 49

NASA boss calls for nuclear reactor on the Moon

Science budget? Whatever. It's all about beating China and Russia

Science08 Aug 2025 | 103

AI going critical: Hyundai to help build nuclear-powered datacenter in Texas

Fermi America will also have 4GW of gas generators for the Amarillo 'HyperGrid'

On-Prem04 Aug 2025 | 6

Wasp nest at US nuclear site tests ten times over safe radiation limit

Everything's fine, says Department of Energy report

Science01 Aug 2025 | 77

US DoE taps federal sites for fast-track AI datacenter and energy builds

Private sector invited to colocate at legacy nuclear facilities

On-Prem25 Jul 2025 | 1

Trump tax law keeps Bill Gates' nuclear datacenter dreams alive

The Microsoft cofounder breathed that sigh of relief in a Cipher News interview - just before it folded

On-Prem16 Jul 2025 | 27

Google plugs AI into nuclear reactor biz – what could possibly go wrong?

Westinghouse taps Big G's cloud smarts to speed up atomic plant builds and keep the grid humming

AI + ML16 Jul 2025 | 18

Nuclear reactors smaller than a semi truck to be tested in Idaho

Forget small modular reactors. Microreactors are the new hotness

Science07 Jul 2025 | 100

Google to buy power from fusion energy startup Commonwealth - if they can ever make it work

Someday, my prince will come

Science30 Jun 2025 | 13

Palantir jumps aboard tech-nuclear bandwagon with software deal

The AI boom needs power, and startup The Nuclear Company aims to help build

SaaS27 Jun 2025 | 5

Microsoft nuke power deal for Three Mile Island appears to be ahead of schedule

837 megawatt reactor now expected in 2027, energy CEO says

Off-Prem26 Jun 2025 | 5

Empire State to site 1 GW nuke as AI bit barns guzzle power

It would be the first major US nuclear plant built in over 15 years

Systems23 Jun 2025 | 24

Nvidia bets on Gates-backed nuclear startup to keep its AI ambitions from melting down

$650M funding round aims to bring TerraPower's Natrium power plant in Wyoming online by 2030

Science18 Jun 2025 | 14

Amazon has changed its nuclear deal in Pennsylvania to bypass grumpy regulators

New front-of-the-meter agreement avoids direct delivery snag that drew regulator pushback

Systems12 Jun 2025 | 11

£127M wasted on failed UK nuclear cleanup plan

Don't worry, only 100 more years of Sellafield nuclear site cleansing to go

Science07 Jun 2025 | 78

Meta just saved an Illinois nuclear plant that was set to be mothballed

The 20-year deal with Constellation will slake Zuckercorp's thirst for energy to power AI datacenters

Science03 Jun 2025 | 26

AWS says Britain needs more nuclear power to feed AI datacenter surge

CEO warns energy demands will overwhelm grid without extra generation capacity

European Supercomputing16 May 2025 | 66

Microsoft wants us to believe AI will crack practical fusion power, driving future AI

This BS ends at some point, right?

AI Infrastructure Month09 May 2025 | 48

Google tries to greenwash massive AI energy consumption with another vague nuclear deal

Chocolate Factory promises early-stage capital to atomic upstart Elementl

AI Infrastructure Month07 May 2025 | 22

Datacenters selling power back to the grid? Don’t bet on it, say operators

Analysis Bit barns in Dublin doubled as battery farms, the rest of the world isn’t buying it

CxO17 Apr 2025 | 33

Canada OKs construction of first licensed teeny atomic reactor

Built by 2028? Maybe. Powering homes? That’s another slip of paper entirely

Science08 Apr 2025 | 32

AI datacenters want to go nuclear. Too bad they needed it yesterday

Analysis Silicon Valley's latest energy fixation won't stop the coming power panic

On-Prem31 Mar 2025 | 48

Nuclear center must replace roof on 70-year-old lab so it can process radioactive waste

Project sees 7-year delay and budget swell to £1.5B, but nuclear leadership 'confident' it has an alternative

Science28 Mar 2025 | 64

Amazon, Meta, Google sign pledge to triple nuclear power capacity by 2050

AI doesn't run on fairy dust after all

Systems12 Mar 2025 | 16

Nope. You probably can't cash in by turning your office or farm into a datacenter

APRICOT Bit barn developer says your real estate can't take the heat, and forget nuking it to change that

On-Prem27 Feb 2025 | 33

Our world faces 'unprecedented' spike in electricity demand

And it's not just datacenters driving the need for 3,500 TWh of new energy generation by 2027

On-Prem14 Feb 2025 | 106

Amazon-backed X-energy bags $700M more for itty-bitty nuke reactors that don't exist yet

Looking forward to someone putting the new into nuclear

Science06 Feb 2025 | 9

South Carolina's abandoned nuclear reactors positioned to fuel the AI datacenter boom

VC Summer units 2 and 3, abandoned in 2017, are looking for a buyer; owners say tech industry needs are a perfect fit

On-Prem27 Jan 2025 | 30

To save the energy grid from AI, use open source AI, says open source body

Linux Foundation Energy argues rapidly decentralizing electricity sector can't succeed with silos

AI + ML09 Jan 2025 | 5

Looming energy crunch makes future uncertain for datacenters

But investors still betting big on bit barns thanks to AI and cloud demand

On-Prem06 Jan 2025 | 12

With datacenter power crisis looming, US government looks to Constellation

Not just AWS, Microsoft et al that are betting on nuclear energy, 13 federal agencies get in on act too

On-Prem03 Jan 2025 | 10

Day after nuclear power vow, Meta announces largest-ever datacenter powered by fossil fuels

Louisiana facility's three natural gas turbine plants to churn out 2,262 MW

On-Prem05 Dec 2024 | 42

Fission impossible? Meta wants up to 4GW of American atomic power for AI

Facebook titan targets early 2030s for reactor deployment

Off-Prem04 Dec 2024 | 26

Abandoned US Army 'city under the ice' imaged in serendipitous NASA find

Camp Century could spill millions of gallons of sewage, diesel fuel, and nuclear waste as climate warms

Science25 Nov 2024 | 78

Japan looks to nuclear energy to power AI-powered datacenter boom

Shuttered reactor's operator says it's needed - once giant seawall is finished

The Future of the Datacenter - 2025 and Beyond20 Nov 2024 | 17

Datacenters line up for 750MW of Oklo's nuclear-waste-powered small reactors

Out with the old, in with the nucleus ... if ever finished

On-Prem14 Nov 2024 | 15

California's last nuclear plant turns to generative AI for filing and finding the fine print

Diablo Canyon gets nifty new tech to … speed up document retrieval?

Science13 Nov 2024 | 11

UK government plays power broker with small modular reactor suitors

Four bidders chosen to submit tenders for SMR program

On-Prem13 Nov 2024 | 121

Euro execs extend net zero timescales amid energy cost and supply crunch

Environmental, social, and governance? Cutting money spent on power is CEOs' priority

On-Prem07 Nov 2024 | 39

Meta's plan for nuclear datacenter reportedly undone by bees

Environmental and regulatory obstacles led to the cancellation of an AI bit farm, report claims

On-Prem04 Nov 2024 | 20

Amazon's nuclear datacenter dreams stall as watchdog rejects power deal

Updated Federal Energy Regulatory Commission cites grid stability concerns

On-Prem04 Nov 2024 | 57

AI's energy appetite has Taiwan reconsidering the nuclear option

Premier indicates possible shift in post-Fukushima policy

Science22 Oct 2024 | 17

Tech giants set to pay through the nose for nuclear power that's still years away

Google, Amazon, Microsoft dive into costly deals that aren't generating anything yet

On-Prem18 Oct 2024 | 95

Amazon makes $500M bet on itty-bitty nuclear reactors to fuel cloud empire

The duo eyes a target of 5 GW online in US by 2039, assuming tech comes to fruition

Systems16 Oct 2024 | 38

Viable fusion power in a decade? Tokamak Energy dares to dream

Brit biz updates world on why tech might not be forever 30 years away

Science16 Oct 2024 | 32

Google hopes to spark chain reaction with nuclear energy investment

Commits to molten salt small modular reactors it thinks can come online in 2035

Off-Prem15 Oct 2024 | 52

DoE awards next-gen nuclear fuel contracts backwards

'Deconversion' can begin now, but initial enrichment, transportation and storage to processors is still TBD

Science08 Oct 2024 | 5