A Swedish internet provider plans to build its own atomic reactor in central Stockholm, selling surplus electricity to the city grid and using extra heat to supply warm water for local heating systems.
As the government plans its first new nuclear plants in almost 40 years, Bahnhof wants to power a new data centre with a small modular reactor (SMR) on an old industrial site in the Hjorthagen area, about two miles north of the royal palace and the parliament building.
Jon Karlung, Bahnhof’s chief executive, said the reactor could provide enough power for 30,000 households in the neighbourhood and could be ready to go within “a couple of years” with the right regulatory framework.
“It’s not really a new technology,” Karlung said. “Small nuclear
