{"id":179281,"date":"2026-01-17T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/17\/will-ai-kickstart-a-new-age-of-nuclear-power\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T12:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T17:30:13","slug":"will-ai-kickstart-a-new-age-of-nuclear-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/17\/will-ai-kickstart-a-new-age-of-nuclear-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Will AI kickstart a new age of nuclear power?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2026\/01\/1166768\">Will AI kickstart a new age of nuclear power?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2026\/01\/1166768\">https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2026\/01\/1166768<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-17 00:01:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"news.un.org\">news.un.org<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Exponential Growth of Electricity Demand:<\/strong> Global electricity demand is expected to grow significantly by 2035, primarily driven by the increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Data Centers and AI:<\/strong> AI-related data centers are consuming an extraordinary amount of electricity, equivalent to the power usage of entire sectors such as steel and chemical production.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nuclear Energy as a Solution:<\/strong> Leading technologists and policymakers emphasize the need for clean, reliable zero-carbon electricity, highlighting nuclear power as a critical component to meet future energy demands.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bullish Nuclear Investment:<\/strong> The nuclear power industry is experiencing significant growth, with many reactors under construction and large corporations supporting nuclear power increases globally.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Small Modular Reactors:<\/strong> Small modular reactors (SMRs) are being developed as a more immediate solution to supply power to data centers with fewer regional constraints and quicker deployment times than traditional nuclear plants.<\/li>\n<li><strong>International Collaboration:<\/strong> Countries across the globe, including the U.S., China, Russia, and the UAE, are actively investing in nuclear energy to support both their domestic and emerging AI sectors.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Future AI and Energy Prospects:<\/strong> Companies like Google are exploring novel methods such as space-based solar power networks to deliver the required energy for advanced AI systems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These key points summarize the critical juncture at which the world finds itself in balancing technological growth with energy sustainability.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will AI kickstart a new age of nuclear power? https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2026\/01\/1166768 Publish Date: 2026-01-17 00:01:00 Source&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":179282,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/global.unitednations.entermediadb.net\/assets\/mediadb\/services\/module\/asset\/downloads\/preset\/Collections\/Embargoed\/05-06-2025-Unsplash-data-centre-01.jpg\/image770x420cropped.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-179281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179281"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179281"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":179283,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179281\/revisions\/179283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}