Data center CEO: AI speeds fusion by "two or three decades"

State of play: "Where [AI] really changes the world is that it's going to speed up fusion by, really, two or three decades," Roy said onstage Tuesday at Schneider Electric's innovation summit here.

• "The No. 1 source of poverty globally is energy poverty. If you could get to the point where energy is free, you can solve all food issues, you can solve all water issues," he said, noting huge energy needs for desalination.

The bottom line: Roy, whose firm has a power deal with reactor startup Oklo, also called AI-related investments a huge catalyst for fission power.

• "It's the only thing in the world that has really trillion-dollar expenses coming due being paid by trillion-dollar companies that can actually pay the bill," he said of AI.

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