Former SpaceX Engineers Are Reviving a Forgotten Nuclear Project. AI Data Centers Could Be the Customers.

Source: International Business Times

Nuclear startup Applied Atomics is working with BWXT to revive mPower, a small modular reactor project that was abandoned in 2017 after years of development to power AI data centers. Jean-Christophe Verhaegen/AFP via Getty Images A $400 million nuclear experiment that sat dormant for nearly a decade is getting an unexpected second life as former SpaceX engineers race to find enough electricity to power the data centers behind the artificial intelligence technology. According to a report from The Washington Post, nuclear startup Applied Atomics is working with BWXT to revive mPower, a small modular reactor project that was abandoned in 2017 after years of development.