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X-energy is a nuclear technology company developing advanced small modular reactors (SMRs) that could potentially support Texas datacenters' growing power demands.
April 27, 2026
Wisconsin Makes Hyperscalers Pay 100% of Their Own Generation BuildX-energy priced its IPO at $23 (above the $16-$19 range) for a $1 billion raise, with a Dow Texas heat-and-power deal and an Amazon agreement for up to 5 GW by 2039 anchoring the book.
April 25, 2026
PUCT Just Drew the Line on Which Grid Bypasses CountX-energy raised $1.02 billion in its IPO above the marketed range, with a four-unit Xe-100 plant under NRC review at Dow's Seadrift site on the Texas Gulf Coast.
March 24, 2026
Texas Invited the AI Boom. The $14B Transmission Bill Is the Invoice.Amazon-backed X-energy filed for its Nasdaq IPO under ticker "XE," targeting 5GW+ of SMR deployment by 2039.
March 3, 2026
Gigawatt Ambitions, County-Level Resistance: Who Blinks First?Meanwhile, a four-reactor SMR proposal from Dow and X-energy in Calhoun County, Texas hit a wall when the NRC's Atomic Safety and Licensing Board intervened on financial-qualification grounds, injecting fresh uncertainty into nuclear-backed datacenter timelines in the state.
February 17, 2026
Texas Confronts the Gap Between Hyperscale Ambition and Grid RealityDow and X-energy plan to break ground by year-end on four 80 MW Xe-100 reactors at Dow's Seadrift site in Calhoun County, backed by $800 million from DOE.
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