Three shuttered US nuclear plants could restart as AI data centres drive nuclear revival
The Los Angeles Times reports that the US is considering restarting three shuttered nuclear plants, partly to supply data centres. A Hungarian outlet reports that a nuclear renaissance is coming because of AI's appetite for energy (16–18 October 2026).
Who is affected and how
- energy specialist
- Restarting shuttered reactors is a new source of capacity, but according to the text no such restart has yet been carried out at a commercial reactor.
Sources
- Three shuttered nuclear plants could soon power millions of homes — and AI data centers - Los Angeles Timeslatimes.com · Oct 16, 2026
- U.S. revives shuttered nuclear plants to power massive AI data centres | 980 CJMEcjme.com · Oct 17, 2026
- The nuclear renaissance is coming to ease artificial intelligence's gigantic appetite for energy | Economxeconomx.hu · Oct 18, 2026 · magyar
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