Google signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Constellation Energy to upgrade six existing nuclear power plant sites across the US, investing over $4.3 billion to increase electricity generation for its data centers. The collaboration is expected to add 890 megawatts of combined capacity over the next five years, marking a significant commitment to nuclear energy as AI-driven data center demand surges.
Background
Google has increasingly turned to clean energy sources to power its rapidly expanding data center network driven by AI workloads. Nuclear energy is seeing renewed interest as a reliable, low-carbon baseload power source for energy-intensive tech infrastructure.
- Source
- The Verge
- Published
- Oct 7, 2026 at 04:32 AM
- Score
- 7.0 / 10