{"id":7273,"date":"2026-04-21T16:55:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/?p=7273"},"modified":"2026-04-24T15:16:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T15:16:54","slug":"atkinsrealis-to-partner-with-nvidia-on-nuclear-powered-data-centre-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/atkinsrealis-to-partner-with-nvidia-on-nuclear-powered-data-centre-design\/","title":{"rendered":"AtkinsR\u00e9alis to partner with Nvidia on nuclear-powered data centre design"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Canadian engineering firm AtkinsR\u00e9alis has announced a partnership with tech company Nvidia that will deliver nuclear-powered data centre<\/a> designs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Through the collaboration, the firms said they will develop energy sources that can power the development of hyperscale centres that may cause strain to traditional power grids.<\/p>\n

“Integrating nuclear power on site changes the scale and layout of an AI campus compared with a conventional data\u2011centre build, but it also enables more resilient, efficient and sustainable design,” AtkinsR\u00e9alis<\/a> Nuclear head of digital Sam Stephens told Global Construction Review<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Designs will likely range in capacity from 740MWe (0.74 GW) to 1000MWe (1 GW), roughly comparable to the output of a small nuclear reactor.<\/p>\n

The centres will use Nvidia<\/a>‘s proprietary computing technologies for the streamlining of the planning process and integration into existing systems.<\/p>\n

Large-scale factories<\/strong><\/p>\n

“To scale nuclear power quickly enough, we will need new ways of working, and digitisation promises to provide that breakthrough,” said Stephens, adding that beyond powering hyperscale AI centres, the move could also improve local grids.<\/p>\n

“A nuclear power plant would be connected to the grid in order to provide essential services and support to local communities and infrastructure, not just an AI factory. So, there are opportunities to share electric infrastructure with the data centre,” he said.<\/p>\n

“We also see opportunities to use waste heat from the power plant with absorption chillers to increase sustainability and reduce operating costs.”<\/p>\n

“We see this as highly scalable.”<\/p>\n

A new model for hyperscale development<\/b><\/p>\n

AtkinsR\u00e9alis’ said the addition of nuclear power<\/a> will increase each project’s building footprint, but ultimately generate less carbon than existing data centre design solutions.<\/p>\n

“Co\u2011locating AI data centres with nuclear power increases site scale, but it enables a more integrated, efficient and sustainable infrastructure model, where power, cooling and grid connectivity are designed together, not separately,” Stephens continued.<\/p>\n

“We expect an acceleration of the commissioning of these projects as operators look to secure longer-term power supplies.”<\/p>\n