The EU’s goal of ramping up data centre capacity is already driving more investment in nuclear energy projects as the bloc seeks to decarbonise and secure energy security at the same time, says the global investment firm.
The EU’s goal of ramping up data centre capacity is already driving more investment in nuclear energy projects as the bloc seeks to decarbonise and secure energy security at the same time, says the global investment firm.
Fact check: The number of nuclear reactors in the EU is constantly falling since end of the 1980s.
The two main reasons are safety and costs.
And no, 1000 reactors - developed underenormous cost pressure - producing 100 kW of energy each are not going to be safer than 10 reactors producing 10GW each, for similar reasons that 1000 vehicles transporting 4 people each along a busy motorway are not safer than 1 high-speed train transporting 1000 people.