Could AI’s insatiable hunger for power actually fast-track the arrival of commercial fusion by 20 to 30 years? (Axios)
Follow the money: Rob Roy, CEO of data center giant Switch, argued this week that Big Tech companies are the only ones with deep enough pockets to foot the massive bill required to finally bring advanced nuclear tech online. And all those deals they’re signing with fusion startups are compounding.
The bigger picture: Roy noted that if AI investments unlock cheap, abundant fusion energy, we could solve global energy poverty entirely.