South Korea’s AI boom could need 20 new nuclear reactors’ worth of power
08-09-2026 11:39 via thenextweb.com

South Korea’s AI boom could need 20 new nuclear reactors’ worth of power

South Korea expects artificial intelligence, and the chip fabs feeding it, to add between 25 and 30 gigawatts to national electricity demand, which by the country’s own reactor standards is roughly 20 nuclear plants. The government now has to decide whether to build them. The figure comes from Kim Sung-hwan, minister of climate, energy and […]
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