A New Energy Frontier: Big Tech’s Race Toward Nuclear Power

Artificial intelligence and cloud computing’s rapid expansion have triggered an explosive increase in power consumption. AI-driven processes, like data analysis and machine learning, require far more electricity than traditional tasks. A single AI query can use up to 10 times the energy of a regular Google search. As a result, power demands from data centers are expected to skyrocket by 160% by 2030, according to Goldman Sachs.

The issue is bigger than tech. Electrifying transportation, reshoring manufacturing, and expanding digital infrastructure are expected to double U.S. electricity demand within a decade. Europe is forecasted to experience a 40% rise in power demand between 2023 and 2033. Faced with these escalating dem