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Press Contacts: Erik Cummins, Matt Hyams, Taina Rosa, Olivia Thomas
12.02.24
Jeff Merrifield, leader of Pillsbury’s Nuclear Energy practice, joined Dr. Holly Krutka, Executive Director of the University of Wyoming’s School of Energy Resources, on the Energy Frontier podcast to discuss nuclear energy, the industry’s future and the role Wyoming can play in the sector.
Among his comments, Merrifield noted that while there are multiple companies that are not U.S. utilities seeking to develop sites for putting up nuclear plants, “The question is, why is that phenomena happening?”
“I think the deployment of AI, which takes about 10 times more power than a traditional data center, is driving an enormous increase in demand after over a decade where we really had flat energy demand,” he said. “So, I think that's really changed the game.”
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