Premier indicates possible shift in post-Fukushima policy The global surge in AI is placing unprecedented pressure on energy resources, with chipmakers such as TSMC consuming vast amounts of electricity to meet growing demand for advanced silicon. In response, Taiwan's government is signaling a potential shift in its longstanding opposition to nuclear energy to address its mounting power needs....

AI doesn't run on fairy dust after all A group of large-scale energy users including Amazon, Meta, and Google has thrown its weight behind efforts to ramp up global nuclear capacity - aiming to triple it by 2050 - to meet increasing energy demands....

Project sees 7-year delay and budget swell to 1.5B, but nuclear leadership 'confident' it has an alternative The center of the UK's nuclear industry has agreed on alternatives for how it will process waste into the next decade after delays and overspending hit a lab project....

CEO warns energy demands will overwhelm grid without extra generation capacity The UK needs more nuclear energy generation just to power all the AI datacenters that are going to be built, according to the head of Amazon Web Services (AWS)....

14.2B Sizewell C among the investments along side Small Modular Reactors The UK has bet big on nuclear power - both big and small - following a series of warnings about energy capacity and supply for datacenter investments....

Fermi America will also have 4GW of gas generators for the Amarillo 'HyperGrid' Nuclear power is enjoying something of a second renaissance in the US as hyperscalers grapple with AI's seemingly insatiable appetite for power....

More than 60 years after first demos of this tech, Kairos will bring it back to Oak Ridge Oak Ridge, Tennessee, could be home to a molten salt reactor once again if Google-backed Kairos Power has its way....