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Virginia Tech: Power Supply or Grid Stress - Both Need to Be Solved to Meet Data Center Demand
May 05, 2026
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, May 5 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news:

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Power supply or grid stress? Both need to be solved to meet data center demand

While small modular reactors have been discussed as a potential solution, there are hurdles to making them a reality.

By Noah Frank

To fully grasp the enormity of the challenge of powering data centers, it helps to understand the scale of what's actually required to do so. . . .

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