By Stephen Nellis
Publication Date: 2025-12-04 09:31:00
By Stephen Nellis
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 4 (Reuters) – Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Nvidia (NVDA) and U.S. utility CenterPoint Energy (CNP) on Thursday said they are developing a new software platform to accelerate the building of new artificial intelligence data centers.
The new software system will be called Chain Reaction. It will seek to help firms that are building AI data centers, which can consume as much electricity as a small city, with permitting, supply chain and construction challenges. Executives involved in the project said Chain Reaction will use AI tools to help its customers.
The Chain Reaction system will build upon previous work between Palantir and Nvidia, unveiled last month, by using AI to solve logistical challenges for retailers like Lowe’s and other firms.
But the effort is more ambitious because it intends to take into account supply chain and construction efforts at different types of companies, executives involved in the effort said. For example, Nvidia works with chipmaking partners like Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. CenterPoint works to secure permits for and construct electrical grid upgrades.
All of those efforts must come together on time for data center projects to move forward.
“It is a very complex supply chain,” said Justin Boitano, a vice president for enterprise AI products at Nvidia, in an interview. “Every ecosystem partner in the world gets touched as we build this rack-scale…
