There’s a new guy here at Compass. No, not Bill Gates. Tony Grayson came to Compass in 2021, having served for two decades in the Navy with responsibility for four nuclear-powered submarines. He’s a big champion for nuclear power and its potential data center applications.
At the end of October, Bill Gates’ company, TerraPower, announced plans to conduct a feasibility study on five next-gen nuclear reactors, even as the initial demonstration plant in Wyoming is under construction to the tune of $4 billion, with $1 billion of that coming from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).