Idaho National Lab, Nvidia, AWS launch AI-for-nuclear project

Idaho National Laboratory, Nvidia, and AWS have launched the Prometheus project under the US government's Genesis Mission initiative. The project aims to use AI to speed up advanced nuclear reactor development and deployment.

Why it matters: This links two pressures facing the AI industry right now — the scramble for more electricity to run data centers, and the Genesis Mission's broader bet that AI can accelerate scientific and engineering R&D. If AI-assisted design work shortens nuclear licensing and build timelines, it could ease the power bottleneck already constraining new data center buildouts.