According to Reuters, E.ON’s Chief Financial Officer, Nadia Jacobi, has stated that the company has begun preliminary discussions with the US chip manufacturer Nvidia to assess the project’s prospects.
According to Jakobi, former nuclear power stations could become attractive industrial sites thanks to their existing infrastructure. Of particular importance are large-scale connections to the electricity grid, which may prove essential when establishing data centres.
E.ON is currently in the early stages of assessing the project in collaboration with Nvidia. As the chief financial officer explained, the companies must determine its practical and economic viability.
Germany is seeking new uses for former nuclear sites
Germany brought its sixty-year-old nuclear programme to an end in 2023. Following the phase-out of nuclear power, the country was left with several dozen decommissioned nuclear power station sites. Berlin’s decision to phase out nuclear power was taken following the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power station in Japan in 2011.
The potential siting of data centres on such sites could allow part of the existing energy infrastructure to be repurposed for new industrial uses, notes Reuters.
This story was translated with the assistance of artificial intelligence.The translation was also reviewed by the Logos Press editorial team.
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