Economic Times Tech
7/2/2026
Valar nuclear startup partners with Nvidia on data center aiming to conserve water
Short summary
Valar demonstrated its nuclear microreactor powering Nvidia's Blackwell AI chip at a Utah data center—the first such pairing. The partnership addresses AI infrastructure sustainability challenges, particularly water consumption in traditional cooling. This signals growing momentum toward nuclear energy as a viable power source for resource-intensive data centers.
- •First demonstration of a small nuclear reactor powering an AI data center with Nvidia's Blackwell chips
- •Partnership targets sustainability by reducing water consumption in AI infrastructure cooling
- •Signals emerging trend of nuclear energy adoption for powering next-generation AI operations
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