NVIDIA Head of Sustainability: how to accelerate America’s nuclear energy renaissance

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NVIDIA Head of Sustainability: how to accelerate America's nuclear energy renaissance

https://fortune.com/2026/10/05/nvidia-sustainability-nuclear-josh-parker/

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Rising electricity demand from artificial intelligence and advanced manufacturing is driving renewed interest in nuclear power across the United States. Technology companies are advocating for faster deployment schedules by integrating artificial intelligence into reactor design, simulation, and regulatory processes.

Advanced reactor developers currently face delays related to traditional manufacturing supply chains and lengthy licensing reviews by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Streamlining these regulatory timelines and adopting digital simulation tools can help the nuclear sector scale safely while meeting growing industrial electricity loads.

For most of the last few decades, electricity demand in the United States has been relatively flat. That era is ending.

For most of the last few decades, electricity demand in the United States has been relatively flat. Our energy system, infrastructure, and in many ways, our policies were built around the assumption it would not grow dramatically.

AI is one visible driver of new electricity demand, but it is far from the only one. We are electrifying more of the economy. Manufacturing is returning to the United States. Robots and physical AI are moving quickly from research labs into the real world.

Read the full article at Fortune:
https://fortune.com/2026/10/05/nvidia-sustainability-nuclear-josh-parker/