Energy Secretary Granholm Emphasizes Need For Small Modular Reactors To Power AI Data Centers [Video]

In an appearance on CNBC Tuesday morning, U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm sure seemed to acknowledge that small modular reactors – one technology we have claimed will be the future of powering AI – are all but a full on “go” for the future.

Granholm was asked about how data centers would be powered in the future. David Faber asked: “At the same time, we’ve been trying to, obviously, replace typical energy sources with renewables. We now have this incredible potential uptick in the need for power because of data centers and the growth of generative AI.”

“How do you see it playing out?” he asked. “I mean, we talk a lot about nuclear power. We were talking about Three Mile Island coming back online, or one of the reactors, and any number of other nuclear sites being recommissioned, so to speak. How is it going to mix out, given …