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Labeled diagram of a light-water small modular nuclear reactor, showing the compact reactor vessel and containment module

What Is a Small Modular Reactor — and Why Does AI Need One?

11 August 2026

A small modular reactor is a compact, factory-built nuclear plant under 300 megawatts. AI companies are betting billions on them to keep power-hungry data centers running around the clock.

Rows of server racks inside a data center, the kind of facility that powers AI models

How Much Energy and Water Does AI Really Use?

19 July 2026

A single AI chat reply uses a fraction of a watt-hour, but billions of daily queries and the data centers behind them add up to a fast-growing power and water bill.

Blackstone, Apollo, KKR Invest $5.34B in Williams' AI Power Plants

16 July 2026

A Blackstone-led investor group is funding 49% of five natural-gas power plants that pipeline giant Williams is building largely to supply electricity to AI data centers.

What Is an AI Data Center — and Why Do They Need So Much Power?

12 July 2026

AI data centers pack thousands of GPUs into liquid-cooled buildings that draw as much power as a small city — here's what sets them apart, and why tech firms now build power plants to run them.