Nuclear power start-up Valar Atomics said it is developing a small data centre in Utah intended to demonstrate how reactor-powered facilities can use less water.

California-based Valar announced the project at the Utah site of its microreactor, and ran a demonstration in which the reactor powered Nvidia’s Blackwell GPU.

The companies said the demonstration marks the first time a small reactor has been used to power a data centre.

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