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Regional defense update: Heart of Texas Defense Alliance briefs council on small modular reactors, Fort Hood leases and I‑14 expansion
Summary
Keith Sledd told Copperas Cove council about the Army's 'Project Janice' small modular reactors, potential enhanced‑use leases at Fort Hood that could host AI data centers, and the I‑14 corridor expansion; staff said funding and construction remain years away.
Keith Sledd, executive director of the Heart of Texas Defense Alliance, briefed the council on regional defense-related infrastructure and planning.
Sledd described 'Project Janice,' a U.S. Army program to field small modular reactors (SMRs) of roughly 20 megawatts as backup power at select military installations. "The 20 megawatt reactors are about the size of a semi truck," Sledd said. He explained SMRs are intended to provide resilient backup power for prime-power sites and critical facilities and noted several designs and vendors are…
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