Introducing the Nuclear for AI Summit 

This closed-door, invite-only, Chatham House rules-based Summit, run in partnership with Idaho National Laboratory and the Digital Infrastructure Alliance, brings together leaders from hyperscalers, data center operators, nuclear agencies, utilities, investors, and nuclear developers transforming nuclear power generation, all to explore real deployment strategies, commercial readiness, regulatory pathways, and partnership models.

The Summit moves the conversation from theoretical to deployable, examining commercial readiness, regulatory alignment, timelines, partnership structures, and how industry and government can collaborate to bring nuclear solutions forward for hyperscale and enterprise compute.  

Where? Austin Marriott Downtown Texas

When? Tuesday 1 September, 09:00 - 13:30

  

Key themes discussed​​​

✅ Critical bottleneck of fuel enrichment and availability

✅ Financing and bankability: contrast between hyperscale time horizons and nuclear asset lifecycles

✅ Regulatory & policy frameworks: licensing and alignment challenges

✅ System integration & deployment – grid vs behind-the-meter, load balancing, modularity, and delivery risk

✅ Commercial deployment models & routes to market: grid connected vs BTM, risk sharing

✅ Supply chain & execution risk – lessons from historic nuclear delivery failures

✅ US market focus: regional regulatory, market, and supply chain dynamics

Who Should Attend?

Data center operators 
Hyperscalers & neoclouds 
System integrators 
Nuclear developers 
National Labs 
Nuclear and energy regulators 
Finance & Investment 
Utilities 

Why It Matters

This is the first global summit to position nuclear energy as a strategic enabler for AI leadership and digital economic competitiveness. As nations race to scale compute, nuclear will become a central pillar of nextgeneration energy infrastructure supporting hyperscale campuses and industrialscale AI clusters. At Idaho National Laboratory, we are at the forefront of this innovation and this collaboration with Datacloud is a critical piece of our engagement strategy across 2026 and beyond.
Brian Smith
CTO, Idaho National Laboratory
The purpose of the Digital Infrastructure Alliance is to support and enable exactly these type of action-focussed summits. Nuclear is, and will only become more so, a critical element in the current energy availability crisis. This summit will play a key role in defining the role that nuclear could play in supporting the deployment of AI.
Mark Gusakov
Founder, DIA

Apply to participate in the Nuclear Summit

Participation in the Nuclear for AI Summit is invite only  - complete the form on this page for more information about eligibility.