Can Nuclear Energy Help Big Tech Meet Data Center Needs?
Carbon-free nuclear is “the only thing left in the toolbox for utilities,” Morningstar analyst says.
Ivanna Hampton
Mar 25, 2025
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The surging need to feed power-hungry data centers is reviving interest in nuclear energy. As the momentum for artificial intelligence accelerates, Big Tech is turning to next-generation technology such as small modular nuclear reactors, or SMRs.
Part of the reason is that other carbon-free options won’t provide enough juice. “Wind and solar are not going to get it done,” says Travis Miller, energy and utilities strategist for Morningstar Research Services. Microsoft MSFT, Alphabet GOOG/GOOGL, and Amazon.com AMZN have inked nuclear energy deals, and their interest has sparked questions about the extent to which they’re influencing the direction of America’s power industry..........................................
...........In terms of the amount of electricity needed to bring just a single data center online, wind and solar are not going to get it done. But really that’s all utilities are building right now, and frankly that’s all the governments, either state or federal, want utilities to build for various environmental reasons. Not only are wind and solar too small, but they only run when the sun shines and the wind blows. That’s not when data centers want to run. Data centers want to run 24/7........................................ Natural gas seems to be the preferred source of generation. I think analysts are searching for which utilities will find a solution to meet this demand growth...............................
The full article is at https://www.morningstar.com/sustainable-investing/can-nuclear-energ...
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Kindergartners know that when the sun shines it gets warmer and when wind blows pinwheels spin.
But, it seems our advanced engineers , politicians and "energy experts" believe these ephemeral energy sources are reliable. Go figure!
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Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT
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(excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/
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"Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine."
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