India, Dec. 4 -- Small modular reactors (SMR) are emerging as a potential solution to meet the rising energy demands of AI-driven data centers.

These compact nuclear plants offer consistent power with reduced carbon emissions and can be deployed in remote areas.

However, they face challenges in waste management and regulatory approval.

As United States' electricity demand rises and technology companies seek to build more and larger data centers to drive artificial intelligence systems, the main question arising is how to generate all that power.

According to the International Energy Agency, large-scale data centers around the world used about 460 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2022, a figure that analysts expect to continue rising y...