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Bill Gates Says China Is Outspending the World on Nuclear Power
China is emerging as a fierce competitor to the US in the race to build small modular reactors and fusion that can help power data centers.
Bill Gates during the Federation of German Industries conference in Berlin.
Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/BloombergIn the race to develop the next generation of nuclear reactors, China is increasingly challenging the US and other countries for dominance, according to tech billionaire Bill Gates.
“Their fusion and fission work is very impressive,” the Microsoft Corp. co-founder said of China’s nuclear innovation efforts. The country is investing more in fusion “than the rest of the world put together, times two,” he added.