Bill Gates’ nuclear energy startup inks new data center deal

Terrapower, an emerging nuclear energy company founded by Bill Gates, A deal This week with one of the largest data center developers in the United States to spread advanced nuclear reactors. Terrapower and SABEY (SDC) data centers together work on a plan to operate existing and future facilities on nuclear energy from small reactors.

Technology companies are scrambling to determine the location of all the electricity they will need for energy -intelligent intelligence centers that put an increased pressure on energy networks. They are It increases to nuclear energyIncluding the next generation reactors that start startups such as Terrapower.

“The energy sector is turning at an unprecedented pace after decades of work as usual, and calm progress will require strategic cooperation across industries,” Chris Levisk, President and CEO of Terrapower said in a press statement.

A signed memorandum of understanding is established by the two companies “strategic cooperation” that will initially discuss the possibility of new nuclear power plants in Texas and the Rocky Mountain area that will operate SDC data centers.

There is still a long way before it becomes a reality. Technology, Terrapower and similar nuclear startups still have to develop Organizational obstacles It has been proven that it could be commercially viable.

Compared to the larger nuclear power plants, the next generation of reactors is supposed to be smaller and easier on site. Nuclear energy is an alternative to fossil fuel that causes climate change. But he is still facing opposition from some defenders of their concern Uranium mining and Storage of radioactive waste Near societies.

“I am a great believer that nuclear energy can help us solve the climate problem, which is very important. There are designs, in terms of their safety or use of fuel or how to deal with waste, I think, reducing these problems,” Gates He said freedom last year.

The Terrapower reactor design for this, Natrium, is the only advanced technology of its kind with a construction permit request for a commercial reactor suspended with the American Nuclear Regulatory Committee, according to the company. The company only Break In the Wyoming demonstration project last year, the Internet is expected to take place in 2030.

Microsoft A deal in September was concluded to help restart a retired reactor on Three Mile. both of them Google and AmazonMeanwhile, it announced last year’s plans to support the development of advanced reactors to operate their data centers.