Washington just dropped $800M on two companies building compact nuclear reactors. The move's clearly aimed at tackling America's exploding energy appetite—think AI data farms and, yeah, mining operations gobbling up power like there's no tomorrow.

Small modular reactors could be a game-changer here. Faster to deploy than traditional plants, more flexible placement. For crypto infrastructure? This might ease some of that regulatory heat around energy consumption. We've seen mining ops scrambling for sustainable power sources—this could open new doors.

Still early days, but worth watching. Energy availability shapes where the next wave of blockchain infrastructure lands. If these reactors actually deliver, we might see a shift in how the industry approaches its power problem.