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Israel And US Planning Negev Desert Technology Facility Powered By Nuclear Reactors

By Dan Yurman
12 February 2026

MOU reveals ambitious proposals for joint project

Israel And US Planning Negev Desert Technology Facility Powered By Nuclear Reactors
The US and Israel could build a tech park in the Negev desert powered by small modular reactors. Courtesy David Shankbone/Creative Commons Licence.
Israel has signed an agreement with the US to build an industrial park to produce advanced computer chips at a location in the Negev desert that would use a small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) to power the factory and nearby data centres also planned for this location.

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