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Aalo Atomics and Crusoe announced a strategic partnership to launch the first…

2026-08-07 · 00:32 UTC ·@MattLoszak ·1 min read

Brief

Aalo Atomics announced a strategic partnership with Crusoe to validate nuclear power for AI workloads by powering a Crusoe Spark modular data center running Crusoe Cloud at Idaho National Laboratory in 2027, then deploying 50 MWe Aalo Pods at Crusoe sites by the end of 2029. Aalo-X reached criticality on July 4, 2026, and a 10 MWe reactor is under construction.

Why it matters

Aalo Atomics and Crusoe announced a strategic partnership to launch the first nuclear-powered AI factory data center, with Aalo powering a Crusoe Spark™ modular data center running Crusoe Cloud at Idaho National Laboratory in 2027.

Key details

  • Aalo and Crusoe intend to deploy Aalo Pods—Aalo’s 50 MWe XMR power plants—at Crusoe data centers by the end of 2029.
  • The Aalo-X campus central test reactor (CTR) reached criticality on July 4, 2026, construction is underway on Aalo's second 10 MWe reactor, and the collaboration is active at Idaho National Laboratory in direct partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy.
Source evidence

See our original announcement here:

Aalo Atomics (@AaloAtomics)

Today, we're sharing our strategic partnership with Crusoe to launch the first nuclear-powered AI factory data center, designed to validate nuclear power’s effectiveness with AI workloads.

Aalo will initially power a Crusoe Spark™ modular data center, running Crusoe Cloud, in 2027 at Idaho National Laboratory.

Looking forward, Aalo and Crusoe intend to deploy Aalo Pods, Aalo’s 50 MWe XMR power plants, at Crusoe data centers by the end of 2029.

The collaboration is already underway at the Idaho National Lab (INL) in direct partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

The CTR at the Aalo-X campus reached criticality on July 4, 2026. Construction is underway on Aalo's second nuclear reactor, a 10 MWe power plant.

More details below:

— https://nitter.net/AaloAtomics/status/2082802534570225989#m