Energy
Xcel CEO Says AI Power Needs Boost Chance of New Big Nuclear
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It’s been more than a decade since the US last broke ground on a large-scale nuclear power plant that came online. Xcel Chief Executive Officer Bob Frenzel is raising the idea that it’s time to start again.
Many in the utility industry are trying to puzzle out how to meet the expected boom in power demand that’s forecast from the data centers that run artificial intelligence.