US, Russia to collaborate on nuclear-powered data centers as part of a 'joint project' on small-scale power plants
THE SO WHAT
Nuclear-powered data centers move compute from a cloud procurement problem to a geopolitics and energy-sovereignty problem. If you’re planning multi-decade AI infrastructure, power source, jurisdiction, and political risk now sit alongside chip supply in your dependency map.
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