Nuclear EnergyData Centers
Nuclear energy is moving from theory to reality as a solution to meet surging data center demand.
At Data Cloud "A New Era for Nuclear", industry voices including Guy Cohen (Sightline Climate/CTVC), Mark Gusakov (International Data Center Authority/IDCA), Nina Sadighi, PE, SMIEEE (Eradeh Power Consulting), Brian Gitt (Oklo Inc), and Reed Clay (Texas Nuclear Alliance) explored how nuclear could transform the energy mix powering digital infrastructure.
Key themes:
- Regulatory readiness — How the NRC and evolving frameworks are shaping the ability to license and deploy advanced reactors at scale.
- Commissioning & integration — The importance of commissioning and testing as a critical part of licensing, and the challenges of co-locating nuclear with data centers.
- Flexibility for AI workloads — How both large and small reactors will manage load balancing for highly variable data center demand profiles.
- Construction & workforce — From turbine delivery timelines to first-of-a-kind (FOAK) workforce scaling.
The underlying theme: AI needs nuclear, but nuclear also needs AI.
