German energy company PreussenElektra says it is working with Nvidia to assess whether the country's idle nuclear plants could be turned into data centers
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Repurposing idle German nuclear plants into Nvidia-aligned data centers would turn stranded baseload into AI-era power infrastructure — and make permitting, not land, the real constraint. If you’re planning large-scale AI buildout, you now have to assume legacy energy assets in Europe may re-enter the market as competing hyperscale sites.
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