Data center operators are increasingly looking to nuclear energy to power their facilities, but some are banking on unproven technology coming to fruition

Plans by Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta to build an AI data center in the US that runs on nuclear power were thwarted in part because a rare species of bee was discovered on land earmarked for the project, according to people familiar with the matter.

Sam Altman-backed Oklo Inc. agreed to deliver as much as 750 megawatts of electricity from nuclear reactors it plans to build to two data center companies, as technology companies seek to line up energy supplies for the booming industry.

Oklo will work with the data centre companies to deploy its powerhouses in chosen markets. Credit: Caureem via Shutterstock. Oklo, a US-based developer of fast fission power plants, has secured letters of intent (LOIs) with two data centre providers to deliver up to 750MW of low-carbon power.

What was it they say? Out with the old and in with the nucleus Increasingly, datacenter operators are putting their faith in the promise of miniaturized nuclear power plants – better known as small modular reactors (SMRs) – to fuel their ever-growing energy demands.

Oklo (NYSE:OKLO) +10.4% pre-market Wednesday after saying it received letters of intent and is partnering with two unnamed data center providers to deliver up to 750 MW of low carbon power for data centers across the U.