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Could nuclear power turn Israel into a global AI hub?
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Fusion42 · 13 September 2026 · Fusion42 review
Israel is considering a rapid transition to nuclear energy, specifically small modular reactors (SMRs), to meet the surging power demands of its growing data center industry and establish itself as a global AI hub. Current power grids cannot support large-scale data centers, and SMRs offer a cleaner, safer alternative to natural gas with potential commercial viability within a few years.
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You must rethink energy dependencies if you run or build Israeli AI infrastructure; natural gas cannot meet scale and cleaner nuclear power is becoming realistic. New reactors will create opportunities to build hyperscale data centres in Israel that global cloud firms want but cannot currently fully power.
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