It highlights projected data center energy increases, explores optimal reactor sizing and deployment scenarios, and assesses siting feasibility and local economic impacts in urban and rural settings. The findings emphasize nuclear energy’s transformative role in supporting data center growth while recommending further studies.
Preliminary Analysis of Nuclear-Powered Data Center Scenarios
This report analyzes the potential for nuclear energy to meet the rapidly growing electricity demand of U.S. data centers, focusing on technical, economic, and socio-environmental aspects of coupling nuclear power plants with data centers.