In recent years, the world has seen a historic rise in energy demand — an acceleration of the “Age of Electrification”. This has been driven by a number of factors, including the global ...

Researchers at the DOE’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility are advancing two high-stakes projects aimed at optimizing Accelerator-Driven Systems (ADS). The initiative focuses on a ...

For years, Silicon Valley took electricity for granted. The cloud sounded intangible, almost detached from the physical world. But now, artificial intelligence is ending that illusion. Behind every ...

Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft are all going nuclear, but experts say these companies aren't telling us about the many challenges ahead. I'm the Executive Editor, Features & Special Projects at ...

Donald Trump’s call for “American energy dominance” once drew eyerolling from Silicon Valley. Now, in a twist no one saw coming, Meta and other big-tech AI giants are beginning to embrace Trump’s ...

Artist’s impression of a spacecraft using Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) technology (Credit: General Atomics) Engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Alabama have completed the ...

As the nuclear power gold rush enters into full swing — spurred by AI companies’ desperate need for electricity — the sellers of “picks and shovels” are starting to cash in, too. By the end of 2025, ...

NextEra Energy Inc. is offering large amounts of power for sale from its nuclear plants in Wisconsin and New Hampshire, as major technology companies race to secure nuclear energy for ...

Construction of the No 1 reactor at the Jinqimen nuclear power plant in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, began on Sunday with the pouring of concrete for the nuclear island, marking a significant step ...

Meta said it has secured agreements with energy companies Vistra, TerraPower and Oklo, which are working on nuclear power technologies. They're planning to work together to eventually power Meta's ...