Power couple: AI infrastructure company Crusoe and nuclear developer Aalo Atomics (one of the four companies to reach criticality under the DOE’s Reactor Pilot Program) are partnering to bring modular reactors to data centers. After a pilot project at Idaho National Lab, they aim to install Aalo reactors at Crusoe’s data centers by 2029 (these facilities are built or planned throughout the US).
Plus, an SMR swap: The NRC has approved Holtec’s plan to clear the site of the shuttered Oyster Creek nuclear plant. Its replacement? Four new SMR units with a total expected capacity of 1.4 GW (more than 2x the capacity of the retired plant). Holtec is hoping to power them on in 2036.
And on the fusion front: Commonwealth Fusion Systems has now raised $4B…but it likely won’t go public for a few years.
Molly Glick
Energy Central Team
Sun, Aug 2
NEWS: Nuclear-powered data centers could crop up across the country.
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