Evanston – Oklo Inc – Prometheus Hyperscale (formerly known as Wyoming Hyperscale)
Oklo Inc. (NYSE: OKLO) (“Oklo”), an advanced fission power and nuclear fuel recycling company, has received Letters of Intent (LOIs) and is partnering with two major data center providers to deliver up to 750 megawatts (MW) of low carbon power for data centers across the U.S. These commitments expand Oklo’s customer pipeline to approximately 2,100 MW, underscoring the demand for Oklo’s dedicated clean energy solutions.
Under these LOIs, Oklo will work with one of the fastest-growing data center companies to deploy its powerhouses in select markets, addressing the provider’s critical need for sustainable, reliable power. This collaboration supports Oklo’s expanding footprint, including its announced sites in Idaho, Ohio, Texas, and Wyoming, reinforcing the company’s commitment to advancing clean, resilient power options nationwide.
Wyoming Hyperscale has been building a data center campus on 58 acres of land on Aspen Mountain, a remote site southeast of Evanston in Wyoming.
The company has claimed the facility will be “the most advanced sustainable data center in the United States” once up and running, and has already pledged to utilize liquid cooling, with waste heat put to use on a nearby farm.
In May it agreed to a deal to buy 100MW of energy from small nuclear reactor startup Oklo.
Capacity at the data center had been expected to be 120MW, but this has now been revised up to 1GW.
Prometheus Hyperscale has not revealed how it will obtain sufficient power for such a large facility, but says the campus will use 100 percent renewable energy and that work on the first phase is already underway. It is expected to be operational in the next 18 months.
New recruit Neilson was most recently co-founder, chairman, and CEO of WasteFuel, a company that turns rubbish into renewable fuel, and has also served as CEO of i(x) Net Zero, an investment firm he co-founded with Howard Warren Buffett, Warren Buffett’s grandson.
The company is also looking beyond the Evanston site, with plans for four other data centers, in Pueblo and Fort Morgan; and Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona.
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