New UK nuclear plants are the only way to produce the massive ‘clean’ power needed to put the country at the heart of the AI revolution, Tony Blair’s think tank warns [Video]

05:24 EST 02 Dec 2024, updated 05:25 EST 02 Dec 2024

Britain needs to invest in a new generation of nuclear power stations if it wants to play a key role in the AI revolution, a think tank warns today.

The new technology requires massive amounts of ‘clean’ power that cannot be provided by wind, solar and other forms of renewables in large enough quantities, the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change claims. 

In a new report it says the UK needs to keep up with the likes of the United States, South Korea, Canada, France and Japan, which have all committed to new nuclear programmes.

In addition, Microsoft in September revealed it was reopening a reactor at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania, the site of the worst US nuclear accident, in order to power a data centre.

In the report, Revitalising Nuclear: The UK Can Power AI and Lead the Clean Energy Transition’, the think tank …