TerraPower, backed by Bill Gates, began construction on its first commercial Natrium nuclear reactor in Kemmerer, Wyoming, on April 23, 2026, after receiving the first U.S. construction permit for a c…
TerraPower's Natrium reactor, featuring an integrated molten salt storage system, can surge from 345 MW to 500 MW for over five hours, making it uniquely suited for AI data center power demands. In Ja…
TerraPower, the Bill Gates-founded nuclear startup, plans to announce its first data center project this year, leveraging its Natrium reactor's molten salt energy storage to meet the fluctuating power…
HiddenLayer, an Austin-based AI security company, will contribute to the U.S. Department of Energy's $60 million Prometheus initiative, led by Idaho National Laboratory, to secure AI used in nuclear e…
SK Group Chair Chey Tae-won and TerraPower Chair Bill Gates met Friday in Seoul to discuss next-generation nuclear power and energy demand from AI data centers, expanding their relationship beyond inv…
South Korean Prime Minister Han Seong-sook met Bill Gates, chairman of TerraPower, in Seoul on Friday to discuss cooperation on small modular reactors and energy solutions for the artificial intellige…
Lee McIntire, a veteran infrastructure executive and former CEO of TerraPower, has been appointed CEO of Fermi, the Texas-based AI power campus developer, more than three months after the board remove…
Fermi Inc. has appointed Lee McIntire as its new chief executive, effective August 11, ending a leadership vacuum that began with the April 2026 ouster of co-founder Toby Neugebauer. McIntire, a forme…
Big Tech is pouring billions into nuclear startups developing small modular reactors (SMRs), betting that AI's surging electricity demand will drive a nuclear energy revival. X-energy raised $1.2 bill…
Nuclear startup Antares achieved criticality with its Mark-0 microreactor in June, winning the Trump administration's pilot program race, as the U.S. faces a nuclear fuel supply chain crisis with 98% …