Artificial intelligence is reviving the nuclear power industry
Tech giants are signing multi-decade deals with aging reactors to ensure their massive data centers never run out of carbon-free electricity.
The digital brain of a large language model requires a constant, staggering flow of electricity that the wind and sun cannot always provide. To keep these systems running twenty-four hours a day, technology firms are moving away from the public power grid to secure dedicated energy from nuclear reactors. This shift turns the focus of computing from software code to the raw physical availability of high-voltage power.