Policy & Governance Power & Cooling
Nuclear energy is entering a new era. Across the United States and around the world, countries are looking to nuclear power to provide reliable electricity, strengthen energy security, and support economic growth. Advanced reactors and other innovative technologies are creating opportunities that would have been difficult to imagine when many of our current regulations were [...]
September 8, 2026 at 9:12 AM ET
The US Department of Energy's Office of Energy Dominance Financing has closed a loan of up to USD1.9 billion to NextEra Energy to help finance the restart of the Duane Arnold Energy Center, taking the company closer to bringing Iowa's only nuclear power plant back into operation.
September 4, 2026 at 1:59 PM ET
AI infrastructure dominated the largest venture rounds this week, with two multibillion-dollar deals in the sector taking the top spots. Data center and cloud provider Crusoe led with a massive $3 billion financing, followed by Fluidstack’s $1.5 billion raise.
September 4, 2026 at 8:14 AM ET
The prospect of fusion power plants is coming closer. But what are the lessons fusion can learn from nuclear fission in areas such as regulation, planning, public approval and finance? Ahead of the UK Fusion Forum, Tris Denton, UK Director of the Fusion Industry Association, considers the issues.
September 3, 2026 at 4:25 PM ET
As data center developers confront tighter power supplies, longer interconnection timelines, and growing scrutiny over who should pay for the grid infrastructure required to serve large loads, those pressures are beginning to reshape another part of the development equation: talent. As states and utilities reconsider how the costs of serving large data center loads should [...]
September 2, 2026 at 2:38 PM ET
Florida-headquartered ONE Nuclear Energy said the company has executed a binding letter of intent (LOI) that would provide site control for development of Project Cayman, a 2.88-GW gas-fired power plant and 700-MW/2.88 GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) sited alongside a data center complex.
September 2, 2026 at 10:21 AM ET
Texas data center developer TIDAL PWR, which says it has seven projects totaling 9.87 GW in its artificial intelligence (AI) campus development pipeline and designs its campuses to combine utility service and behind-the-meter generation, is collaborating with quantum technology company BTQ Technologies to determine how power and data center infrastructure could eventually accommodate quantum computing [...]
