Hobbs vetoes bill to fast-track small nuclear reactors at Arizona data centers

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed a bill that would have allowed utility companies to build small nuclear reactors at data centers without environmental studies or public hearings, while restricting most counties from regulating them. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Frank Carroll, aimed to exempt the technology from local regulations if co-located with high-power-demand facilities like data centers, but Hobbs called the approach 'irresponsible' for an emerging technology.