Small Modular Reactors

White Paper / SMRs Can Back Up Data Centres’ Role As Cornerstone Of ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’

By Rumyana Vakarelska
7 March 2024

Reduced footprint and safety features make co-location possible, but ‘first-of-a-kind’ challenges remain

SMRs Can Back Up Data Centres’ Role As Cornerstone Of ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’
Using small modular reactors to power data centres could work as early as the beginning of the 2030s, the white paper says. Courtesy Tractebel.
Small modular reactors will consolidate the data centre sector’s role as a cornerstone of the “fourth industrial revolution” and could become a driving force behind new energy and infrastructure-building partnerships, a white paper on SMRs’ role in providing sustainable energy to data centres says.

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