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Energy

WRITTEN BY: JOSEPHINE WALBANK

s the data centre industry seeks to pinpoint a new energy source, future-proofing is a matter that’s far from straightforward.

Any energy source now needs to meet the rising consumer demand for zerocarbon, while also being suitably low-cost and completely reliable. Add to this the ASA’s announcement in the UK that carbon reduction and net-zero claims in adverts need to be qualified with digestible action points (an approach likely to be implemented in other areas of the world) and it’s clear to see why seeking alternative energy sources for data centres is of prime importance.

Could nuclear energy offer a solution? Can this previously-unexplored, but oft-discussed solution not only tick all three of these major boxes, but do so at the massive scale required for this rapidly growing global industry?

Cumulus Data’s zero-carbon, nuclear-powered campus

Cumulus Data is currently constructing its flagship zero-carbon, nuclear-powered data centre campus, located in Susquehanna, northeast Pennsylvania in the US. The site will comprise a 1,200-acre campus (when complete) utilising nuclear energy as a sustainable power source.