Texas' Energy Revolution: Nuclear Power for Tech Boom

0:00It's April 19th. This is Dallas News Today, driven by AI. Texas faces a massive energy crunch, as data centers boom from cloud computing, crypto mining, and a growing population. Leaders say demand is exploding like a tsunami, with the grid operator predicting peak use jumping from 85 gigawatts to 218. Gigawatts by 2031. At a recent energy symposium, experts stress no single source can handle it alone. Del mix wind, solar, natural gas, geothermal, and nuclear for reliable power, especially since data centers guzzle electricity non-stop. Public views on nuclear are shifting after decades of hesitation since the 1979 three-mile island incident. Communities one saying, not in my backyard now one nuclear in my backyard for jobs, taxes, and economic growth. Amazon's even building a data center next to a nuclear plan, with its own backups to ease grid stress. Newer, smaller reactors promise cleaner energy with lower upfront costs, plus innovations like molten salt tech that desalignates oil field water and,

1:08makes medical isotopes for cancer treatment. Companies are partnering with universities to train the next workforce. All this points to Texas leading a smarter energy mix, powering the tech surge without blackouts.