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Brian Smith

Brian Smith

Australian rugby league player

Oct 8, 2026

1:45
We're gonna get into a, a discussion about data centers and digital infrastructure, but what kinds of, you know, work are you doing at the Idaho National Lab? What, what questions are you trying to solve? What are you trying to look into?
1:55
Yeah.
1:55
The, uh, also a great question.
1:56
So Idaho National Lab, in 1951, it powered four light bulbs with, uh, with, with nuclear power.
2:02
It proved that nuclear power, it could actually produce commercialized, uh, quantities of, of, of energy.
2:09
Four light bulbs.
2:10
Since that time, we've been doing everything in this nation and, and, and around the world with, with partners around the world to advance the state-of-the-art when it comes to nuclear technology.
4:01
So why is the data center industry so, uh, excited about nuclear?
3:18
What do you make of what the Aggies are
3:19
doing? It's A&M and everybody else.
3:23
I mean, this is Bama-level recruiting circa 12 years ago.
3:29
So if that doesn't put it in perspective, you haven't followed recruiting, or you just don't care.
3:33
They are going to have over 10 players sign that are in the top 100.
3:38
They're going to sign probably half a dozen or more linemen that are top 100 players.
3:46
And linemen are a different level of value because there are fewer of those guys that are 250 and above that are elite, including Matthews.

23 MINS LATER

27:10
Without even looking, I would guess one.

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