An Iowa nuclear plant is the next contender to restart, spurred by AI data center demand

An Iowa nuclear plant is the next contender to restart, spurred by AI data center demand

An aerial view of the Cedar River and the Duane Arnold Energy Center near Palo, Iowa on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. The Duane Arnold nuclear plant northwest of Cedar Rapids, Iowa is pressing ahead with plans to restart operations by the end of the decade after shutting down for economic reasons in 2020. The plant is the third – and likely the last – mothballed reactor in the U.S. that is in shape to come back online to support growing electricity demand in the U.S. Duane Arnold would follow similar

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