As AI requires more and more energy
AI accelerators consume a lot of energy, and modern supercomputers are equipped with thousands of such adapters. This is an additional burden on energy supply systems, and in the United States they believe that the issue can be solved through nuclear energy.
The US Presidential Administration and the Department of Energy are discussing with large IT companies the possibility, among other things, of using compact nuclear power plants to power data centers.
According to this idea, we are talking about small systems that will be located near large data centers, that is, each data processing center, which requires a lot of energy for its operation, can be equipped with its own nuclear power plant.
There are no other details on this matter. Perhaps modern small modular reactors will be suitable for IT companies — Such solutions will allow you to quickly build the installation and the necessary infrastructure.