Crusoe has partnered with small modular reactor (SMR) developer Aalo Atomics to develop and deploy the world's first nuclear-powered AI data center.
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The partnership will see Crusoe deploy one of its Crusoe Spark modular data centers at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) in 2027, as a proof-of-concept project. The Spark unit will be powered directly by Aalo's Pod reactor, a 50MWe reactor that comprises five individual Aalo-1 microreactors (each with a capacity of 10MWe) paired with a single power-generating turbine.
Following this, the companies said that they intend to deploy Aalo Pods across Crusoe’s data center portfolio by the end of 2029.
“The next generation of AI infrastructure demands power that is reliable, abundant, clean, and at scale, and Aalo’s nuclear reactors are built to meet that need,” said Cully Cavness, co-founder, president, and chief strategy officer, Crusoe. “One of Crusoe’s core values is to ‘bend the arc of energy toward sustainability,’ and within that value we embrace the principle of using Crusoe’s market position to support and accelerate energy innovation. In line with our core values, we look forward to Aalo and Crusoe jointly demonstrating to the industry the first AI data center powered by a small modular nuclear reactor.”
