Nuclear Energy Specialist at Oklo Insured Data Center Partnerships

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Oklo announced two partnerships last week to bring the vision of its effective, nuclear data centers closer to the vision of or approach the fruit.
It plans General development Advanced power and thermal control solutions with Vertiv, Data Center Cooling Systems and other digital infrastructure provider and deploy Liberty Energy Natural Gas generators and electric load control platform for Future Oklo Data Center customers as federal regulators considers their advanced reactor design.
In the last week’s press statements, the executives of three companies said that the partnerships would be resistant to the new generation of high power calculations in the future, allowing them to operate more efficiently and flexibly, with less influence on local networks.

Data center developers face fierce local opposition in many parts of the US. Data Center suggestions worth at least $ 64 billion According to the Activist Group Data Center Watch, they were blocked or delayed by the community’s opposition.

Opponents focus most of their energy on the impact of local energy production and cooling systems on local environment and infrastructure.

Local gas or diesel generators that operate around the clock to provide “basic power” in some measures, as their owners are waiting for the mesh connection – noisy and contribute to air pollution. Demand for power from networking centers may fluctuate within minutes, so it may be possible for nearby customers and the power quality problems of the devices themselves. Larger data centers cooling systems can consume millions of gallons of water a day, which is one of the reasons why the latest Ai data center designs Press on closed water or non -water refrigerant loops to cool.

Vertiv offers energy management solutions to “data centers be good citizens on the net,” said Martin Olsen, senior vice president of the company. These solutions include uninterrupted power system and larger batteries that help to smooth out voltage fluctuations.

Olsen said Vertiv’s partnership with Oklo could increase the efficiency of high density calculations.

Companies say they will work together to “create reference designs” for heat recovery and cooling systems in data centers, which feed on small Oklo nuclear reactors, each with 5 to 10% energy, none of the larger reactors connected to the US network today.

These designs will carefully integrate the Vertiv thermal control technology with energy production on the site, allowing buildings to recover and use heat otherwise performed, said Olsen.

“About a third of energy produces electricity at the nuclear power plant, and the rest is heat … You usually dispel it,” he said.

The Vertiv thermal control system would capture most of that heat and use it for absorption of coolers associated with equipment fluid and air cooling systems. This could significantly reduce the energy consumption of these systems and reduce the “concentrated capacity” – power and mechanical power, which would otherwise require cooling devices during the maximum demand periods of 10-20%, Olsen said.

Data centers can simply strengthen energy saving and use less energy, but they are more likely to run more GPU instead, Olsen added.

It may take a few years before the Data Center customer has the opportunity. Companies are planning to demonstrate a jointly designed power and thermal management solution, using the first oclo reactor deployment in the Aidah National Laboratory.

Oklo leaders say That reactor could turn on 2027. End or 2028. As one of the four The US Department of Energy wants to organize the “most advanced data center and energy generating projects”.

Meanwhile, Oklo’s cooperation with Liberty Energy and previously announced partnership with Rpower will provide Bridge Power to prospective data center customers who want to enable the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission to approve their reactor design. Both companies produce small, flexible gas -fired generators that can constantly operate to provide primary power to non -network devices, or a spare network connection and other energy sources in place.

Oklo-Limety message Oklo reactors will reduce gas generators over time. However, as partnership, Liberty has stated that it will provide load management solutions that will allow “flexible energy services” and “Future network management services that focus on optimization and resistance” in the short term.

“This cooperation provides a large-scale Power users alternative that integrates generation, backup, network interaction and optimization throughout the provider,” Oklo Cofounder said in a statement and Jacob Dewitte, CEO.

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