Energy & governance
Governing nuclear-powered AI data centers
AI’s binding constraint isn’t chips — it’s power, reviving nuclear as carbon-free baseload for AI data centers. Coupling the two opens new governance gaps — clashing security priorities, fragmented regulation, divergent defenses, and AI-enabled zero-day threats. The paper proposes a cross-sector architecture: coordinated cyber-physical defense, transparency, interoperable frameworks, and adaptive policy.
Wang & Murphy (2026) Nuclear-powered AI data centers: Cybersecurity and governance framework. Issues in Information Systems, accepted, withdrawn.