Texas, Data Center and nuclear reactors

State lawmakers grapple with energy demand for data centers
Legislation from Texas to Georgia could impose fees and rules to safeguard the electric grid and keep a lid on household utility bills.
Texas Needs Equivalent of 30 Reactors to Meet Data Center Power Demand
Demand on the Texas power grid is expected to expand so immensely that it would take the equivalent of adding 30 nuclear plants’ worth of electricity by 2030 to meet the needs.
Last Energy to deploy 30 nuclear reactors in Haskell to power wave of Texas data centers
Last Energy plans to plant 30 micronuclear facilities in Haskell County, as energy companies move to address the voracious power needs of data centers fueling the artificial intelligence boom. The nuclear technology startup announced Friday that it plans to break ground at a 200-acre site in Haskell,
Next-gen nuclear startup plans 30 reactors to fuel Texas data centers
Last Energy’s ambitious 600MW project aims to sidestep grid constraints and fast-track nuclear deployment—and it's suing the government to go faster.
Last Energy plans to build 30 'micro' nuclear power plants for Texas data centers
Last Energy, a Washington D.C.-based startup, plans to build 30 “micro” nuclear power plants an hour north of Abilene in response to “overwhelming demand” from data centers in Texas over the last year,
Last Energy plans to deploy 600 MW of microreactors to power Texas data centers
The company is exploring front-of-the-meter and behind-the-meter options for a phased deployment that would eventually add 600 MW of nuclear capacity to the ERCOT grid.
Startup wants to power Texas data centers with small nuclear reactors
Last Energy, a startup developing small modular nuclear reactors, has embarked on its biggest project yet, securing early approval to build 30 units on the open plains of North Te
Amazon loses fight to exempt data center from energy regulation
Minnesota regulators denied Amazon’s request to exempt a data center’s 250 backup generators from a permitting process that ...
Meta in talks to raise $35 billion for data center financing led by Apollo, Bloomberg News reports
Apollo Global Management is in talks to lead a roughly $35 billion financing package for Meta Platforms to help develop data ...
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3 Data Center Stocks to Buy in 2025
It also stands to benefit from ChatGPT-like AI models on the cloud. It has shipped $2.9 billion worth of AI servers and built ...
The AI Data-Center Boom Is a Job-Creation Bust
Tech and political leaders tout them as an employment bonanza, but data centers need very few workers in very large spaces.
Data center campus progressing rapidly; EV battery plant ready to go vertical
Amazon Web Services aims to have 18 data centers completed or underway on both sides of Indiana 2 near Larrison Boulevard or ...
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Atlanta’s data center market isn’t just growing fast. It’s unprecedented
The Atlanta region emerged as the country’s top data center market for leasing activity in 2024, dethroning Northern Virginia for the first time.
Amazon can't skip permitting process for data center generators, MN utilities commission decides
On Friday, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission voted 4-0 to reject a request for a permitting exemption on Amazon's ...
The Columbus Dispatch on MSN12d
Data center industry makes case that the centers contribute billions to Ohio's economy
Data centers support 84,900 Ohio jobs Data center industry makes economic case Ohio not major player in industry A new report from a data center trade association seeks to counter growing data ...
Meta in talks for $200 billion AI data center project, The Information reports
Meta Platforms is in discussions to construct a new data center campus for its artificial intelligence projects, with ...
Meta in Talks to Raise $35 Billion for Data-Center Financing Led by Apollo
Apollo Global Management Inc. is in talks to lead a roughly $35 billion financing package for Meta Platforms Inc. to help ...
Microsoft brings data center hype back to earth but the boom lives on
Microsoft's data center lease cancellation raises questions about the industry's staggering growth. Experts say the market ...