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Meta expands nuclear power ambitions to include Bill Gates’ startup
Meta has forged agreements with three nuclear power providers in an effort to secure the vast amount of electricity it needs to power AI data centers. The agree...
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Meta signs deals with three nuclear companies for 6-plus GW of power
Two smaller companies, Oklo and TerraPower, along with Vistra, a large energy company, just signed agreements with Meta....
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Meta inks deals to supply a staggering 6 gigawatts in nuclear power for data center ambitions — enough wattage to supply 5 million homes
The 6GW will come from various suppliers — both existing and upcoming — to deliver the estimated 1GW that Meta's Prometheus site will require in 2026, and the 5...
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AI data centers may soon be powered by retired Navy nuclear reactors from aircraft carriers and submarines — firm asks U.S. DOE for a loan guarantee to start the project
A Texas energy startup proposes repurposing retired U.S. Navy nuclear reactors for use in AI data centers....
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Next-generation nuclear reactors could get a boost from the National Defense Authorization Act
President Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act NDAA for Fiscal Year 2026 Thursday with measures that further the bipartisan push for next-generat...
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AI is bringing old nuclear plants out of retirement
Article URL: https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2025/12/09/nuclear-power-ai Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46254276 Points: 4 Comments: 0...
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Google Data Centers Are Returning Nuclear Power to Tornado Country
A destructive storm in 2020 prematurely shut down Iowa’s only nuclear plant. With Google’s plans to reopen it to power nearby data centers, will extreme weather...