Nuclear
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The Frontier supercomputer has lost its crown as the world’s fastest supercomputer to El Capitan, the new exascale supercomputer hosted at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. -
Oklo, a Sam Altman-backed startup aiming to develop small nuclear power plants, has acquired US-based radioisotope firm Atomic Alchemy to boost fuel production for its reactors.
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New research from Gartner suggests that increased power demands from data centres running AI and generative AI workloads could constrain power availability in 40% of sites by 2027.
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The Biden administration has unveiled plans to deploy 200 GW of power, which would triple the US’ nuclear energy capacity by 2050.
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Amazon has made a significant sustainability move, becoming the latest hyperscaler to snap up modular nuclear reactors to provide carbon-free energy to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels.
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Amazon has agreed to purchase Talen Energy’s data centre campus, located next to a nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania.
