Aalo Atomics, a company building fully modular nuclear plants (XMRs) to power modern AI data centers, unveiled the first non-nuclear prototype of its Aalo-1 reactor as well as its 40,000 ft² manufacturing facility in Austin.

The Aalo-1 reactor is the core component of the company’s Aalo Pod XMR, a 50 MWe power plant purpose-built for data centers. Each Aalo Pod contains five Aalo-1 reactors, is fully modular (both the reactor and the plant) and can scale seamlessly to gigawatts. With a small physical footprint and no need for external water sources, the Aalo Pod is easy to collocate onsite with the data center. Aalo’s ability to mass manufacture and ship the entire Aalo Pod via standard shipping methods significantly shortens installation time. Aalo-1 reactors are sodium-cooled and use proven-safe, readily available low enriched uranium fuel (LEU+).

Aalo, which next year aims to break ground on its first nuclear reactor, has experienced significant momentum in the past months including:

• Aalo was recently selected as one of four partners to develop up to 1 GW of nuclear energy generation capacity at the Texas A&M RELLIS Campus.

• Aalo has signed a MOU with Idaho Falls Power that sets the stage for the deployment of seven factory-built Aalo-1 reactors, totaling 75 MW of power generation.

Aalo has grown to more than 40 employees and is on track to hit 70 employees by the end of the year. The US Department of Energy (DOE) has identified a piece of land at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) as a potential site for Aalo to build a new reactor facility.

Founded in 2023, Aalo has secured more than $36 million in funding to-date from multiple investors including 50Y, Valor Equity Partners, Harpoon Ventures, Crosscut, SNR, Alumni Ventures, Preston Werner, Earth Venture, Garage Capital, Wayfinder, Jeff Dean, and Nucleation Capital.