The case for self-powered, closed-loop AI data centers
Nuclear startup Blue Energy has asked the Texas grid operator to connect up to five small reactors meant to power a Crusoe data center. Gas plants would come first, in 2030 and 2031, with the first reactor expected in 2033.
MISO, which runs the grid in 15 states, has asked federal regulators to approve a quick study for large new loads paired with new power plants. It wants a decision by December 2 so the first study period can start in early 2027.
Amazon has agreed to buy power from Constellation's Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant for 20 years. The companies say the deal will pay for about 190 megawatts of new capacity, due between 2030 and 2032.
A bill asking state regulators to consider making data centers cover the cost of the power infrastructure built for them fell three votes short in the Senate.
Valar Atomics wants to build a nuclear-powered campus near Price, Utah, with first reactors running in 2028. Federal land managers are still checking whether the application is complete.
We Energies and Oracle have agreed that Oracle will subscribe to between 10 and 20 percent of the electricity from the Point Beach nuclear plant. State regulators still have to approve it.
Amazon will buy power from Constellation's Calvert Cliffs plant under an agreement that includes about 190 megawatts of new generating capacity, due between 2030 and 2032.
PJM wants to buy 6.8 gigawatts of new generating capacity to cover a shortfall driven largely by data centers. Federal regulators approved only part of the plan, and the auction is on hold.
A survey by the trade group techUK and England's Environment Agency found that 51 percent of the data centres it covered use waterless cooling.
