Valar Atomics Partners With NVIDIA (NVDA) To Develop Data Center in Utah, Reuters Reports

Noor Ul Ain Rehman

Mon, July 6, 2026 at 9:37 AM PDT 1 min read

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) is one of the best long-term growth stocks to invest in now. Reuters reported on July 1 that Valar Atomics announced on Wednesday a partnership with NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) for the development of a small data center in Utah, which, according to the companies' claims, will show how computing facilities needed for AI can conserve water. Valar Atomics is a nuclear power startup based in California, and announced the partnership at the site of its small nuclear plant, called a microreactor. Reuters further reported that the company also ran a demonstration powering ​Nvidia's Blackwell, which is its latest AI chip architecture for data centers, marking the first time a small reactor ​powered a data center, according to the companies.

John Josephakis, ​an NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) global vice president, stated that through the partnership with Valar Atomics, the company is "exploring how behind-the-meter, waterless advanced nuclear systems could support future AI factories built for the scale and reliability accelerated computing requires".

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) designs and manufactures computer graphics processors, chipsets, and other multimedia software. It operates in the Compute & Networking and Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) segments.

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