London, UK – June 9, 2025 – C5 Capital, a specialist investment firm focused on building resilience in the nuclear value chain, announces that its CEO and founder, André Pienaar, will speak at The AI Summit London on June 11, 2025. His presentation, “AI’s Energy Dilemma: How Nuclear Power Can Bridge the Gap,” will demonstrate how nuclear energy is becoming a cornerstone of energy security and highlight the importance of the UK maintaining its status as a nuclear power.
As artificial intelligence accelerates global electricity demand, particularly from hyperscale data centres, nations and enterprises alike are confronting a critical challenge: how to power the digital future without compromising sustainability or sovereignty. Nuclear energy, with its zero-carbon emissions, baseload reliability, and unmatched scalability, is uniquely positioned to meet this demand.
The session, scheduled for 2:20 PM on the Sustainable Innovation Stage at The AI Summit London, will highlight how nuclear energy is not only essential to powering AI infrastructure, but also how AI is transforming the nuclear sector itself. From predictive maintenance and fuel optimization to next-generation reactor design, AI is modernising a historically analogue industry.
Through C5 Capital’s Global Energy Security Fund, the world’s first fund dedicated to the entire nuclear value chain, C5 Capital will invest across uranium, the nuclear fuel cycle, reactors, emerging nuclear ecosystems, advanced applications, nuclear security and defence, and nuclear fusion.
The fund’s establishment comes at a pivotal time. According to industry estimates, global electricity demand from data centres is expected to reach 945 TWh by 2030, with nuclear power projected to supply 750 TWh to AI infrastructure by 2035. Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs forecasts that over $700 billion in investment will be needed to modernize the grid and nuclear infrastructure to meet this demand.
Recent policy momentum is also accelerating the sector. In May 2025, President Donald Trump signed executive orders to fast-track the deployment of advanced nuclear technologies, including mandates to power AI data centres with clean, domestic energy.
To further this dialogue, C5 Capital will host a private luncheon with industry leaders alongside The AI Summit London. This builds on the critical conversation which took place at C5 Capital’s private event during the AI Action Summit in Paris in February 2025, where global leaders convened to explore the convergence of AI and nuclear energy.
André Pienaar commented: “The convergence of AI and nuclear energy is transforming energy security. At C5 Capital, we’re investing in the technologies and infrastructure that will define the next decade, ensuring energy security, enabling innovation, creating energy prosperity and unlocking sustainable growth.”
C5 Capital invites media, investors, and industry stakeholders to attend the presentation and engage in this critical dialogue about the future of AI infrastructure and the role of private capital in advancing nuclear innovation.
About C5 Capital:
C5 Capital is a specialist growth equity investment firm focused on the most transformative sectors impacting national and energy security. With offices in Washington, D.C. and London, we invest globally in growth-stage companies across the nuclear energy value chain, the space economy, cybersecurity, and next-generation energy technologies.
We established the world’s first dedicated investment fund for the full nuclear energy value chain, supporting advanced reactors, fuel cycle technologies, and critical infrastructure. C5 Capital brings deep sector expertise, long-standing government and industry partnerships, and a mission-driven approach to helping our portfolio companies scale. We work closely with visionary founders building technologies essential to the resilience of modern economies and allied defence capabilities.
For more information, visit www.C5Capital.com.
Contact Information:
Reine Opperman, Director of Communications, C5 Capital