PreussenElektra and NVIDIA to explore former German nuclear sites for AI factories
From the Energy digest for Oct 27, 2026
What happened: Germany's PreussenElektra and NVIDIA are to explore whether PreussenElektra's former nuclear power plant sites are suitable for the construction of so-called AI factories (World Nuclear News, Oct 27, ~8:14 AM ET).
What's genuinely new: A named utility-and-chipmaker pairing turning to former nuclear sites — with grid connections already in place — as candidates for data-centre-scale AI builds, extending this storyline's siting genre beyond US new-build reactor campuses to European site reuse. It is an exploration commitment only: no named site, timeline, investment figure, or decision appears in coverage.
Watch: Whether any specific site is selected, the grid-connection and power plans behind it, and whether other European utilities with retired nuclear sites make similar moves.
Sources World Nuclear News