In a September 1, 2026 opinion column published in the Daily Caller, Steve Milloy argues that the United States needs to accelerate nuclear power development to meet the electricity demands of the AI race. He writes that data centers require more power than the U.S. grid can reliably supply and contrasts this with China, which he says accounted for nine of the ten nuclear reactors whose construction began in 2025. Milloy contends that without a faster nuclear buildout, the U.S. risks falling behind in AI infrastructure capacity.
