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Startup Powers Nvidia PC with Nuclear Microreactor, Plans AI Factory

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from Tom's Hardware ·

Valar Atomics demonstrated its Ward 250 microreactor by powering an Nvidia RTX Spark desktop PC live on stage. The startup also announced a partnership with Nvidia to build a 30MW closed-loop AI data center that uses no local water. The reactor is claimed to be the first nuclear power produced by a startup.

Meridian48 take
The demo is a publicity stunt, but the Nvidia partnership suggests serious intent behind the waterless, closed-loop AI factory concept.
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Startup activates nuclear microreactor live on stage to power an Nvidia RTX Spark desktop PC — firm working with Nvidia to build a 30MW closed loop AI factory that doesn’t use local water →
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