{"id":3132,"date":"2026-07-02T06:37:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T06:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3132"},"modified":"2026-07-02T06:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T06:37:13","slug":"new-partnership-touts-nuclear-powered-ai-with-minimal-water-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3132","title":{"rendered":"New partnership touts nuclear-powered AI with minimal water use"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>KEY POINTS<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Valar Atomics announced a partnership with Nvidia to explore AI data centers powered directly by advanced nuclear energy, marking a first for the industry.<\/li>\n<li>The companies are considering a 30-megawatt, nearly waterless data center in Utah using Valar\u2019s Ward250 reactor and Nvidia\u2019s water-efficient cooling technology.<\/li>\n<li>Valar Atomics, founded in 2023, reached a major milestone when its reactor became the first startup-built reactor to generate nuclear power.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Valar Atomics, an advanced nuclear power startup, announced a collaboration with Nvidia on Wednesday afternoon to explore the development of artificial intelligence data centers in Utah. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3130\">PSA: The Utah Mammoth are in the next phase of the rebuild<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If the collaboration proceeds, it will be the first time advanced nuclear energy directly powers AI. <\/p>\n<p>Founder and CEO Isaiah Taylor invited employees, investors, government officials and others to come on site in Orangeville for the announcement. A massive American flag waved between two of Valar\u2019s boom lifts, inviting people inside. <\/p>\n<p>After walking on stage to a standing ovation, Taylor told his audience, \u201cI started this company with a very simple belief, which is that nuclear reactors ought to be built, and that no team was moving with the conviction and tenacity required to build the future.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Taylor\u2019s company has moved quickly toward his goals. <\/p>\n<p>After being founded in 2023, Valar Atomics broke ground in Orangeville, Utah, last September. Their reactor, the Ward250, went critical on June 18, and it is now generating 100 kilowatts of electricity. Its energy production marks the first time in history a startup has produced nuclear power. <\/p>\n<p>Their progress has been streamlined by four executive orders signed by President Donald Trump last year. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen government works hand in hand to fulfill its proper function \u2014 that is, to protect the public while allowing growth and innovation \u2014 beautiful things can happen. The American way has always been a way of growth and innovation, of looking at hard problems and saying, I can solve that,&#8221; Taylor said. <\/p>\n<h3>The nearly waterless data center<\/h3>\n<p>Valar Atomics and Nvidia are exploring the deployment of a 30 megawatt data center, fully powered by their nuclear reactor. <\/p>\n<p>The Ward250\u2019s helium cooling system, combined with Nvidia\u2019s new technology, will allow the data center to operate with almost no water use. The proposed size is 300 times smaller than the approved Stratos data center in Box Elder County. <\/p>\n<p>Max Ukropina, head of projects at Valar Atomics, addressed concerns about water use and electricity costs. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor families in Orangeville and Emery County, and for Americans concerned about their electric and water bills, this partnership delivers concrete reassurance,\u201d he said. \u201cThe facility will create high-skill jobs in reactor operations, data center engineering and advanced manufacturing. It will attract private capital, strengthen supply chains and generate sustained tax revenue without placing new demands on local water supplies for the broader grid.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Nvidia recently announced its new AI factory design, DSX, which uses a highly water-efficient direct liquid cooling system. Water pumped through the factory remains at 113\u00b0F to eliminate the need for power-hungry water chillers. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are delivering the means to expand capability without forcing Americans to choose between their power bills, their water bills or their country\u2019s future in artificial intelligence,\u201d Ukropina said. <\/p>\n<p>Americans do not need to choose between AI infrastructure and the water and power they depend on, he added. \u201cAmerica rejects that price. We do not believe in zero-sum games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3128\">Opinion: Do we really have to talk about Richard Nixon on the eve of America\u2019s 250th birthday? Yes, with good reason<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Before Valar Atomics can generate power commercially, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will need to license their reactor. In a recent editorial board meeting with the Deseret News, NRC chairman Ho Nieh said the commission is hoping to shorten federal licensing review times to less than 18 months. <\/p>\n<h3>Isaiah Taylor describes the power of nuclear energy<\/h3>\n<p>A descendant of a Manhattan Institute engineer, Taylor has long been fascinated by fission. <\/p>\n<p>He founded his company as a 24 year old with the goal of creating nuclear reactors smaller, safer and on a factory line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cValar Atomics is the company that is done waiting for someone else to unleash the power of the atom,\u201d he said on Wednesday. \u201cFor thousands of years, mankind has been powered by chemistry &#8230; A gallon of gasoline is enough to drive you 20 miles in a car. A candy bar has the chemical energy to let you walk for three miles. But the strong force, the force that binds atoms together, is completely unlike anything else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He referenced the Ward250, which sat 150 feet from him. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNuclear fission is unlike anything else found in nature. It defies all sense of proportion,\u201d Taylor said. <\/p>\n<p>If the fuel in Valar Atomics\u2019 first reactor were to be concentrated, it would form a five-inch cube. \u201cThis is enough energy to send the fully loaded Saturn V rocket and Apollo capsule to the moon 12 times. It\u2019s enough energy to drive your car around the entire Earth 7,000 times. If you were to continuously accelerate a 100-lb craft with this quantity of energy, it would achieve 37% the speed of light,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>The fuel inside the Ward250 will let it continue running for 165 years, Taylor said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the force that we are harnessing. It is humbling and sobering and incredibly exciting,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<h3>Local and state leadership applaud Valar Atomics<\/h3>\n<p>Emy Lesofski, the director of Utah\u2019s office of energy development, told the audience in Orangeville that Valar Atomics has \u201cmet and exceeded\u201d the expectations of the state. \u201cWe in Utah are grateful to be a part of their story and proud to be a part of America\u2019s nuclear future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lesofski was followed on stage by an Orangeville native, state Sen. David Hinkins. <\/p>\n<p>Hinkins described Emery County\u2019s longstanding role in Utah\u2019s energy market. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been the producing county in the state of Utah forever \u2014 ever since I was a little kid,\u201c he said. Hinkins referenced Castle Gate Power Plant, which was a 172-megawatt, coal-fired plant demolished in 2017. The plant ran the county\u2019s uranium mines. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to do everything we can to keep manufacturing here,\u201d Hinkins said. \u201cI want to thank everyone for being here and being supportive. Hopefully we can continue to grow \u2014 not too much, I mean, we don\u2019t mind being invaded by California as long as they bring jobs like this.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3126\">At 102, Utah WWII veteran still believes in America\u2019s promise \u2014 but new poll reveals voters are losing faith<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valar Atomics and Nvidia announced a collaboration to explore the development of a nearly waterless AI data center, powered by a small modular reactor. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-utah"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New partnership touts nuclear-powered AI with minimal water use - 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