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Another Big Data Center Win for Nuclear: Oklo and Switch Sign Historic 12 GW Deal

December 18, 2024
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Advanced nuclear firm Oklo has partnered with Switch,  a Las Vegas-based data center designer, builder, and operator, to deploy 12 GW of Aurora powerhouses through 2044 in a  historic deal […]

The post Another Big Data Center Win for Nuclear: Oklo and Switch Sign Historic 12 GW Deal appeared first on POWER Magazine.

INSERT ART. Oklo’s Aurora Powerhouse is a vertically oriented compact passive fast-spectrum reactor derived from the Experimental Breeder Reactor-II (EBR-II) that uses liquid metal as a coolant. The company recently uprated its design’s capacity offerings to 15 MWe and 100 MWe. The compact fast reactor uses a high-assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU) metallic uranium-zirconium fuel enriched to about 19%. Courtesy: Oklo

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Data and images of Siemens Gamesa’s 21 MW offshore wind turbine

December 15, 2024
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21MW Technology: Siemens Gamesa continues to rely on its Direct Drive technology, even though some competitors (Vestas and some Chinese OEMs) have shifted to the Medium Speed Permanent Magnet Generator with gearbox. Power: According to some rumors, the power could range between 21 and 23 MW, depending on the typical Power Boost function SGRE usually offers for its offshore..
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The POWER Interview: Energy Storage Also Eyed for Data Centers

December 14, 2024
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Recent news about continued growth in the U.S. energy storage market highlighted continued deployments of grid-scale systems, along with ongoing demand from commercial and industrial and residential sectors. Electric utilities […]

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ExxonMobil Planning Large Gas-Fired Plant to Serve Data Centers

December 12, 2024
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ExxonMobil is preparing to join the power generation business, seeing an opportunity to support the electricity supply for energy-intensive data centers. The company on Dec. 11 said it is designing […]

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Tech Giant Meta Seeking Nuclear Power to Support Data Centers

December 4, 2024
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Facebook parent Meta wants to find developers that can provide nuclear reactors to support electricity demand from the tech company’s data centers and artificial intelligence (AI) efforts. The group said […]

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Vistra in Talks to Expand Power for Data Centers Through Nuclear, Gas Options

November 7, 2024
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Vistra is pursuing deals with data center developers in Texas and the PJM region to address the industry’s energy needs at multiple sites, executives revealed during the company’s third-quarter earnings […]

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Vistra’s Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant is a two-unit, 2,400-MW nuclear facility with pressurized water reactors (PWRs) located near Glen Rose in Somervell County, Texas. Built by Luminant with reactors supplied by Westinghouse and operational since 1990, Vistra received Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approval in July 2024 to extend the plant’s operation through 2053, adding 20 years beyond its original licenses.

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