DOE using its own land to help pair AI centers, nuclear reactors

Source: Roll Call

Posted December 15, 2025 at 11:13am


The Energy Department wants to build nuclear-powered artificial intelligence data centers on federal land using new public-private partnerships.

Co-locating advanced nuclear reactors with data centers on DOE sites is part of the Trump administration’s bid to accelerate the development of both technologies, sources say, as research efforts tease out their “symbiotic relationship.” But questions remain about how these projects could affect local communities and the actual timeline for bringing more nuclear power online.

DOE first announced its intention to use federal land for data center development and co-location in early April with a request for information to gauge industry interest. According to the RFI, the department intends to begin construction at the selected DOE sites by the end of the year, with operations beginning by the end of 2027.

The department said in July that its Idaho National Laboratory, Oak Ridge Reservation, Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant and Savannah River Site would house the co-location projects. Idaho National Laboratory, or INL, is expected to announce this month which nuclear power and AI companies will participate in the project on that site. Offers for Oak Ridge and Savannah River were due in early December, and companies hoping to work at the Paducah site have until late January to apply.

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Instead of taking this money and building affordable housing and new schools to get kids out of dilapidated century-plus year old buildings, they do this shit... that will eventually fail, and end up with empty and abandoned data centers.

They can't just throw a nuclear plant online "instantly" to satisfy this.

Waste. Fraud. Abuse.