The convergence of AI and nuclear energy brings unique risks, especially when AI moves from a passive tool to an autonomous participant.

Nuclear-power enthusiasts are more optimistic about the future of the technology. They think power demand will continue to increase, thanks in part to AI. And once online, new nuclear reactors will be used to displace older fossil-fuel plants, including those built to address nearer-term electricity needs.

Meta is seeking proposals from developers to help meet its AI goals by developing tech to use nuclear power to fuel its data centers in the US.

AI's energy consumption is growing, but demand for more power is also coming from manufacturing and electric cars.

Meta is turning to nuclear power to address its growing AI and data center energy needs, planning to add up to 4 GW of U.S. nuclear capacity by the early 2030s as energy demand triples. Meta Looks to Nuclear Energy

Shares of Palantir Technologies have advanced 290% year to date as unrelenting demand for its artificial intelligence (AI) platform has led to a series of strong financial results. While impressive, Palantir is only the second-best performing member of the S&P 500 ( ^GSPC 0.56%) this year.

Nuclear energy could be the long-term solution for the energy demands of AI. In the short-term, though, AI companies may turn to oil and gas.

Surging demand for AI has sparked a race to secure supplies of nuclear power. WSJ’s Peter Landers traveled to the Fukushima exclusion zone in Japan to explore the challenges of atomic energy's comeback.

Meta has announced plans to explore nuclear energy as part of its efforts to power artificial intelligence advancements and support its environmental objectives. The company revealed on Tuesday that it will issue a request for proposals (RFP) to identify developers capable of building 1 to 4 gigawatts of new nuclear power capacity reactors in the United States.

When it comes to powering artificial intelligence, Meta is going nuclear too. Facebook and Instagram's parent company is the latest tech giant to explore nuclear options to power its AI data centers.

Meta has confirmed its plans to use nuclear power to fuel US data centers. The company announced that it’s accepting proposals from nuclear energy developers to work on the project, with the goal of adding between one and four gigawatts of nuclear energy capacity “starting in the early 2030s.”