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Nuclear Power Meets AI Data Centers | Salt Lake City News
Valar Atomics and Nvidia are pioneering a game-changing partnership to power AI data centers with nuclear energy, using Valar’s Ward250 reactor and Nvidia’s water-efficient cooling tech in a 30-megawatt Utah facility. This marks the first time a startup nuclear company is powering a major AI infrastructure, with Valar having just become the first to generate nuclear power from its reactor. The setup slashes water usage—a critical win given data centers’ voracious thirst—by leveraging Nvidia’s direct liquid cooling system that recycles warm water. Led by 27-year-old founder Isaiah Taylor…
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