China Builds 40 Nuclear Reactors to Power AI Data Centers

China is building around 40 nuclear reactors (about 39.8GW), with 20 more in final approval, all to come online by 2032. Analysts see energy supply, not chips, as the key bottleneck for AI data centers.

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