New nuclear power could meet 10% of projected data center demand increase by 2035: Deloitte

New nuclear power capacity could meet about 10% of the projected increase in data center electricity demand by 2035, Deloitte said in an April 9 report.

Deloitte expects data centers to consume about 30%, or 11 GW to 19 GW, of the estimated 35 GW to 65 GW of new nuclear capacity added over the next decade through a combination of power uprates at operational plants, restarts of recently-retired reactors, and new reactor deployments at greenfield and existing power plant sites.

Existing nuclear power plants and retired or retiring coal power plant sites will support the vast majority of new nuclear capacity interconnection, with respective contributions ranging from 10 GW to 20 GW and 20 GW to 30 GW, Deloitte said.

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