Trying to Get Away From Gas Turbines, Data Centers Place Their Hopes on Small Modular Nuclear Reactors — SkimNews
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- Data center developers and states are eyeing small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) as a potential solution to America's growing energy demand, citing the reactors' smaller footprint and ability to provide steady power generation.
- Nuclear energy experts identify the timeline for commercial deployment of SMRs as the primary challenge to that vision.
Why it matters: Data center operators prize SMRs specifically for two attributes — smaller physical size and steady, consistent baseload power — that make them viable for meeting surging U.S. energy needs, yet experts pinpoint commercial deployment timelines as the chief obstacle, putting the technology's promise directly at odds with the pace of demand growth.
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