Data4 signs nuclear SMR deal with Westinghouse
Brookfield-owned data center firm to deploy an AP300 SMR at a future facility
News - SMR
The latest news from the data center, telco, and cloud sector
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US tech companies contract 48GW of clean energy year on year amid AI boom - report
S&P report recorded a 66.4 percent increase in contracted clean energy capacity between its 2024 and 2025 updates
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Capital deployment in US data construction reached $31.5bn in 2024 - Newmark
AI drives growth and hyperscalers show no sign of slowing down
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SMR firm X-energy closes $700m funding round led by Amazon
Proceeds will fund reactor design and licensing
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SMR firm Kairos Power completes reactor vessel installation for new test unit
Company aims to boost manufacturing capabilities and mitigate supply chain risks
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TerraPower and Sabey to explore deployment of nuclear microreactors at SDC data centers
Will focus on the Rocky Mountain region and Texas
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Oklo and RPower partner to deploy nuclear and natural gas hybrid power model for data centers
The model will work in three stages
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Energy Vault partners with NuCube to support delivery of NuSun microreactor
The microreactor is targeted toward the data center market
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Uranium prices hit all-time high, fueled by AI data center demand
Prices for enriched uranium reached $190 per separative work unit
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Global data center demand to surge despite supply and power constraints - JLL
10GW to break ground, liquid cooling to become the norm, and developers to seek new energy sources in 2025
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Deep Fission to supply Endeavour data centers with 2GW of nuclear energy from "mile-deep" SMR
The first reactors are expected to come online in 2029
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Switch to procure up to 12GW of nuclear power from Oklo reactors by 2044
Oklo will provide the data center power through a series of long-term Power Purchase Agreements
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Last Energy receives financing offer from US Government export finance bank to support UK deployment
The company is planning to build four 20MW microreactors at its site in Bridgend, southern Wales
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LS Electric, Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Corporation ink SMR-powered AI data center MoU
KHNP's SMR is expected to have a capacity of 170MW
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Terrestrial partners with EnergySolutions to support SMR deployment across US
The MoU was driven by the rising interest in the SMR market, primarily from data centers
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Meta launches nuclear power RFP, targets 1.4GW for data centers
Meta will prioritize developers who permit, design, engineer, finance, construct, and operate these power plants
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SMR developer Kairos gets construction permits for Hermes Two Demonstration Plant
Will test molten-salt reactors and SMR technology
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Appalachian Power identifies site for SMR in Virginia
The company plans to apply for project approval with the Virginia State Corporation Commission in the spring of 2025
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Enel finalizing formation of SMR firm
The firm in which Enel will hold a majority stake has received significant interest from data center operators
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SMR firm Oklo promises 750MW of nuclear power to two data center operators
The Letters of Intent expand Oklo’s customer pipeline to approximately 2,100MW
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NuScale bullish on SMR nuclear prospects despite regulatory setbacks
In its Q3 earnings call, NuScale CEO John Hopkins said it’s too early to tell how the ruling will impact future colocation opportunities
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Dominion reaffirms commitment to build out new power generation within Virginian market to meet rising data center demand
CEO Robert Blue, confirms utility is focused on building new capacity to meet rising demand within Virginia
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Rolls-Royce offloads 20 percent stake in SMR business to Czech utility CEZ
It's estimated that CEZ paid hundreds of millions of dollars for the stake in the unit
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Deep Atomic launches data center specific SMR
According to the company it's suited to the full suite of data center operations
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DOE launches $900m funding program for small modular nuclear reactor projects
Grants on offer through two tiers
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Amazon invests in nuclear SMR company, signs several SMR deals to power data centers
Company to invest in X-energy, fund SMR deployment in Washington, and explore SMR use in Virginia with Dominion
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DOE looks for clean energy projects at Savannah River, South Carolina, could include data centers and SMRs
After previous SMR efforts fizzled
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Google CEO: We're working on 1GW data centers, seeing money going into SMRs
But still no word on the company's own nuclear strategy