E.ON reviews former German nuclear sites for data centres

Nov 11 (Reuters) – Europe’s largest energy grid operator E.ON is reviewing whether former ​nuclear plant sites in ‌Germany could be converted into data centres, its finance chief said on Wednesday during a post-earnings presentation. A ‌six-decade ​nuclear programme in ⁠Germany came to ⁠an end in 2023, leaving dozens of inactive sites across the country, after ​Berlin pledged to quit nuclear power following the 2011 ⁠Fukushima disaster ⁠in Japan. • “These former power ​plants can provide attractive industrial ​locations and depending on the site, ‌we can use the existing infrastructure, particularly the large grid connection,” CFO Nadia Jakobi ⁠said • E.ON is taking a “first step” with US chip designer Nvidia to ⁠establish ‌the project’s viability, ⁠she added • Jakobi said ​she ‌was hopeful former sites ​would ⁠soon become available and that E.ON had become “world class” in nuclear demolition (Reporting by Danny Callaghan in Gdansk, editing by ​Milla Nissi-Prussak)