Permitting reform (SPEED Act, NEPA), Texas grid-cost rebalancing, NRC environmental-impact-statement pilots for AP1000 reactors, and the December 2025 federal AI executive order set the regulatory choreography that determines whether the AI buildout actually meets its capital pace.
Aalo Atomics' 92 percent permitting-time cut with Microsoft GenAI, Project Matador's 17 GW (four AP1000s plus 11 GW gas), Amazon's 5 GW X-energy SMR target, and the Google-Amazon-Meta-Dow nuclear-tripling pledge make CERAWeek the moment hyperscalers move from PPA buyer to nuclear sponsor.
Permitting reform (SPEED Act, NEPA), Texas grid-cost rebalancing, NRC environmental-impact-statement pilots for AP1000 reactors, and the December 2025 federal AI executive order set the regulatory choreography that determines whether the AI buildout actually meets its capital pace.
Aalo Atomics' 92 percent permitting-time cut with Microsoft GenAI, Project Matador's 17 GW (four AP1000s plus 11 GW gas), Amazon's 5 GW X-energy SMR target, and the Google-Amazon-Meta-Dow nuclear-tripling pledge make CERAWeek the moment hyperscalers move from PPA buyer to nuclear sponsor.