Post 074 creates a new pairing. SMR projects are being sited outside the public grid. The Texas SMR project that cleared a faster environmental pathway did so explicitly as an alternative to grid connection. A licensing precedent for queue-bypass SMR siting now exists.
The signals around the crisis that started this story are shifting. A possible deal on the Strait of Hormuz has moved oil. But the AI buildout hasn't waited to see how it resolves. It has detached from the public systems that used to govern it and is assembling a power system of its own.
Post 074 creates a new pairing. SMR projects are being sited outside the public grid. The Texas SMR project that cleared a faster environmental pathway did so explicitly as an alternative to grid connection. A licensing precedent for queue-bypass SMR siting now exists.
The signals around the crisis that started this story are shifting. A possible deal on the Strait of Hormuz has moved oil. But the AI buildout hasn't waited to see how it resolves. It has detached from the public systems that used to govern it and is assembling a power system of its own.