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Data centres and Nuclear fission reactors

Their prices have moved together.

Data centres (energy) and Nuclear fission reactors (energy): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: clean power deals

Cost and price · Weak · Both ways

Large tech firms are signing contracts for nuclear power, including restarts and small reactors, to supply data centres around the clock. The uranium proxy shows no link with tariffs, at 0.01 monthly, since fuel is a small part of nuclear cost.

  • 0.01 monthly change correlation
  • 0.04 12-month change correlation
  • 0.03 fitted elasticity

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.