Key Takeaways
- HGP Intelligent Energy has been named a commercial partner in Project Prometheus, an Idaho National Laboratory-led program backed by the U.S. Department of Energy's Genesis Mission.
- Prometheus unites four DOE national laboratories, four research universities, and 25 commercial partners, including Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, NVIDIA, Westinghouse, GE Vernova, TerraPower, Oklo, and X-energy.
- The program directs $60 million in federal funding over three years, matched by more than $250 million committed by commercial partners.
- Its goal is to use artificial intelligence to cut nuclear deployment timelines and reduce operating costs, each by around half.
- HGP's contribution centers on digital twin technology and variable-speed reactor coolant pumps, aimed at reactors that can adjust output to follow AI data center power demand without straining the public grid.
HGP Intelligent Energy Named a Prometheus Commercial Partner
HGP Intelligent Energy has joined Project Prometheus, the Department of Energy's largest Genesis Mission award and what officials are calling the nuclear sector's AI moonshot. The program, led by Idaho National Laboratory, brings together four DOE national labs, four universities, and 25 commercial partners working toward faster, cheaper nuclear deployment.
Reactors That Follow Data Center Load
HGP's role centers on technology meant to let reactors respond to the swings in power demand created by AI data centers. The company, based in Dallas, Texas, is contributing digital twin modeling and variable-speed reactor coolant pumps, designed so plants can shift output to match data center load without pulling extra strain from the public grid.
“Prometheus is the first program to treat artificial intelligence as the critical path for nuclear rather than a science project bolted onto it. Our digital twin and our variable-speed pumps exist to close that gap. They are what make it realistic to put a reactor next to a data center and have it follow that load minute by minute, so the largest new electricity demand in a generation gets served by its own dedicated generation instead of being pushed onto the public grid and onto ratepayers,” said Gregory A. Forero, Chief Executive Officer of HGP Intelligent Energy.
A Large, Well-Funded Coalition
Prometheus combines $60 million in federal funding over three years with more than $250 million pledged by its commercial partners, a group that includes major technology companies like Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, and NVIDIA alongside established and emerging nuclear developers such as Westinghouse, GE Vernova, TerraPower, Oklo, and X-energy.
Part of a Broader AI-for-Nuclear Push
Energy Secretary Chris Wright announced Prometheus at the Genesis Mission Summit in Washington as the largest of 278 projects the department selected under the initiative. The program's stated aim is to cut nuclear deployment timelines and operating costs by roughly half using AI-driven design and operations tools.
