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Nuclear reactor start-up targeting AI energy demands showcases its tech with an Nvidia DGX Spark, though the website demo needs its own power plant

HTGR does brrrr. CPU in PCs running the demo goes brrrr-er.

PC Gamer · Jul 3

Startup activates nuclear microreactor live on stage to power an Nvidia RTX Spark desktop PC — firm working with Nvidia to build a 30MW closed loop AI factory that doesn’t use local water

Valar Atomics claims to be the first startup to produce nuclear power, and it demonstrated that ability on stage by using its Ward 250 microreactor to power an RTX Spark unit. It also announced a partnership with Nvidia to build a 30MW closed loop AI data center that does not…

Tom’s Hardware · Jul 2

Valar nuclear startup partners with Nvidia on data center aiming to conserve water

California-based Valar announced ⁠the ⁠partnership in Utah at the site of its small nuclear plant called a microreactor. It also ran a demonstration powering Nvidia's Blackwell, ​its latest AI chip architecture for data centers. It was the first time a small reactor powered a data center, ​the companies said.

The Economic Times · Jul 2