German energy company PreussenElektra says it is working with Nvidia to assess whether the country's idle nuclear plants could be turned into data centers (Eva Brendel/Bloomberg)

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<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-22/germany-s-idle-nuclear-plants-eye-new-life-as-ai-data-centers"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/261022/i57.jpg" vspace="4" /></a>
<p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/261022/p57#a261022p57" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Eva Brendel / <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/">Bloomberg</a>:<br />
<span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-22/germany-s-idle-nuclear-plants-eye-new-life-as-ai-data-centers">German energy company PreussenElektra says it is working with Nvidia to assess whether the country's idle nuclear plants could be turned into data centers</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Germany's idle nuclear plants could find a new life as data centers, with operators looking for ways to redevelop the sites while dismantling of the reactors continues.</p>

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