As the power demands of tech companies continue to grow, a growing number of companies are looking to nuclear power sources to help them lighten the load.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the owners of approximately one-third of the country’s nuclear power plants are taking with companies to help power data centers. And a big source of that demand is the growing use of artificial intelligence. That’s raising concerns about the impact on the larger power grid, which has struggled some as the country experiences extreme weather conditions. (The grid is also considered a high-risk target of hackers.)
