Oct 15, 2024 · Technology giants are turning to nuclear energy to power the energy-intensive data centers needed to train and run the massive artificial intelligence models behind today's …

Dec 9, 2024 · AI datacenters may soon require a gigawatt of electricity to run—the equivalent of around a million households. That makes some long-time watchers of the nuclear industry skeptical.

Oct 15, 2024 · Google has signed a deal to use small nuclear reactors to generate the vast amounts of energy needed to power its artificial intelligence (AI) data centres. The company says the agreement with...

Mar 7, 2024 · Tech firms and Silicon Valley billionaires have been pouring money into nuclear energy for years, pitching the sustainable power source as crucial to the green transition. Now they have another...

Jan 10, 2025 · The demand for electricity to power AI data centers is skyrocketing, placing immense pressure on traditional energy sources. “If we continue pursuing clean energy for AI and data centers, we will need to triple the energy supply for data centers by 2030,” says Woodruff Professor Anna Erickson, a nuclear engineering expert from Georgia Tech. Nuclear power, with its high energy density and ...

Dec 4, 2024 · Meta is turning to nuclear energy to power its AI ambitions with the release a request for proposals to partner with nuclear energy developers. It’s the latest announcement in a string of recent...

Oct 25, 2024 · Nature talked to nuclear-energy researchers to explore the significance and possible implications of these big-tech investments. Could these deals spur innovation in the nuclear industry?

Oct 29, 2024 · Big tech companies are scrambling to secure nuclear energy deals worth billions of dollars in order to meet the growing demands of generative artificial intelligence (AI) — but critics say...

Jun 4, 2024 · To meet the massive energy demands of artificial intelligence, the world must get over its fear of nuclear energy, our expert explains. Artificial intelligence technology, also known as machine learning, has been growing exponentially, and its …

Sep 30, 2024 · A new U.S. nuclear energy age may be dawning after years of false starts and dashed hopes. Why it matters: The data centers powering the AI revolution have an insatiable thirst for energy. Major stakeholders — in Washington, Silicon Valley and beyond — see nuclear energy as one of the answers.