'IKEA kit' nuclear power plant startup

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US-based startup Blue Energy Global raised $380 million to accelerate development of its first power plant and a fleet of small, prefabricated nuclear reactors intended to power energy-hungry data centers. The company plans to build a power plant for a data center under development at the Port of Victoria, Texas. It will start with natural gas generators and later swap in small reactors built using a standardized, repeatable model meant to speed timelines and rein in costs. The first project is slated to be a 1.5-gigawatt installation expected to begin construction later this year in Texas. The approach uses shipyards as efficient assembly factories to minimize on-site work and make the build resemble manufacturing rather than bespoke construction.