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The data centre industry may have to find another source of power, which may be nuclear, says Digital Realty’s CTO

Felicia Tan
Felicia Tan • 4 min read
The data centre industry may have to find another source of power, which may be nuclear, says Digital Realty’s CTO
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Chris Sharp, the chief technology officer of Digital Core REIT’s sponsor, Digital Realty, says the data centre industry may have to find another source of power to match the growing need for power for data centres.

This could be nuclear, with data centres possibly coming with their own built-in nuclear reactors, says Sharp in an interview with the BBC in February.

The interview came after Digital Realty just built a new data centre in Portland, Oregon, that’s dedicated to AI.

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