Palantir Collaborates With Nuclear Companies To Develop AI Software For Reactor Construction

JAKARTA Palantir Technologies announced a strategic partnership with a nuclear facility development company to create an artificial intelligence-based software (AI) system specifically designed to accelerate the construction process of a nuclear reactor.

The move comes amid growing interest of investors and industry players in nuclear energy, which is considered a cleaner and more reliable energy source than wind or solar energy.

Through this collaboration, Palaltir and a nuclear reactor developer company from Kentucky will build a Nuclear Operating System (NOS) which aims to simplify the construction process of nuclear facilities. This system is expected to accelerate the construction of nuclear power plants while reducing costs.

According to a spokesman for Palantir, the project is worth around 100 million US dollars and will be carried out within five years.

The deal comes shortly after US President Donald Trump issued a series of executive orders in May aimed at driving an increase in nuclear energy production amid a surge in demand from data centers and the AI technology sector.

The order calls on the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission to simplify regulations and speed up the process of issuing new permits for the construction of reactors and power plants.

The nuclear industry is also expected to benefit from the massive tax and spending laws that Trump recently passed. Despite cutting a lot of subsidies for green energy, the law retains tax incentives for the development of nuclear energy.

Energy demand in the United States is expected to hit record highs in 2025 and 2026, after nearly two decades of stagnation, as power needs from artificial intelligence data centers and crypto miners continue to connect to the national power grid.