Blue Energy, a US developer of prefabricated nuclear power plants, and US power engineering company GE Vernova have announced plans to work together on the delivery of the world’s first gas-plus-nuclear power plant.

The two companies said in a statement that the project to deploy a 2,500 MW facility could deliver a new, near-term approach to help meet surging US electricity demand driven by artificial intelligence and advanced manufacturing.

The collaboration combines Blue Energy’s project financing and nuclear construction techniques with GE Vernova’s reactor technology and turbines.

The companies plan to design and develop a nuclear power plant using GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s (GVH) BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) at Blue Energy’s first planned site in Texas, subject to a final investment decision in 2027.