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A Berkeley entrepreneur is drilling down — literally — into the complex problems facing the tech industry's desire for nuclear energy to power artificial intelligence.

A new nuclear energy technique could soon be running massive data centers that power today's digital lives with zero carbon emissions and barely a trace on the Earth's surface. Nuclear energy company Deep Fission and Endeavour, an organization focused on sustainable infrastructure, have partnered for the task.

Critics of the NRC say its red tape and lengthy authorization timelines stifle innovation, but handing some of its responsibilities to states could undermine public trust and the industry’s safety record.

Deep Fission plans to build a reactor above ground, then lower it a mile down a 30-inch borehole. The startup says its approach eliminates the need for costly pressure and containment systems.

Deep Fission CEO Liz Muller and her 81-year-old father, inventor Rich Muller, shared their secret to building three successful businesses together including: Berkeley Earth, a nonprofit that provides critical climate-science data; Deep Isolation, a nuclear waste disposal company; and Deep Fission, a nuclear energy company burying small modular reactors a mile underground.

Korea Institute of Energy Technology (KENTECH) is the nation's first university to collaborate with a U.S. nuclear power company in technological development. The school on Jan. 13 announced that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Jan. 7 on an energy project with Deep Fission, an American startup in nuclear energy.

California-based nuclear startup company Deep Fission, which is proposing to place microreactors deep underground, and Endeavour Energy LLC have committed to co-develop 2 GW of nuclear energy to power Endeavour's expanding portfolio of data centres. The first reactors are expected to be operational in 2029.

Deep Fission, a nuclear startup, signed a deal on Tuesday with data center developer Endeavour to build 2 gigawatts’ worth of subterranean nuclear power.

Deep Fission, a small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) developer, has partnered with Endeavour Energy, a US sustainable infrastructure developer, to develop and deploy its technology at scale.

Deep Fission aims to eliminate the need for costly concrete and steel surface containment buildings by placing its reactor a mile underground.