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Meta signs nuclear power deals for AI data centres
Meta secures up to 6.6 GW of nuclear power from Vistra, Oklo and TerraPower to fuel AI data centres, boosting energy security.
Headline
Meta secures up to 6.6 GW of nuclear power from Vistra, Oklo and TerraPower to fuel AI data centres, boosting energy security.
Context
Meta Platforms Inc. has signed a suite of long-term nuclear energy agreements designed to supply its growing fleet of artificial intelligence data centres with reliable, low-carbon electricity. The company has reached power purchase and development arrangements with three nuclear energy firms: Vistra, Oklo and TerraPower. Under these agreements, Meta will buy a significant proportion of its energy needs from Vistra’s existing nuclear plants in Ohio and Pennsylvania, entering into 20-year contracts that cover more than 2.1 gigawatts of capacity from the Perry, Davis-Besse and Beaver Valley stations. The deals also support uprating existing reactors to increase generation.
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Analysis
In parallel, the company is supporting advanced reactor development with Oklo, a nuclear startup developing a 1.2 gigawatt power campus in Pike County, Ohio, and with TerraPower, which plans advanced Natrium reactor units aimed at producing around 690 megawatts by the early 2030s, with rights to further capacity by the mid-2030s. Combined, these agreements could provide up to 6.6 gigawatts of nuclear energy by 2035, a scale of power comparable to the output of several large nuclear reactors and sufficient to supply millions of homes. Meta’s announcement also emphasises backing U.S. nuclear supply chains and creating new jobs in plant construction and operation. The nuclear procurement initiative centres on powering Prometheus, a planned 1-gigawatt AI training supercluster located in New Albany, Ohio, which Meta expects to commission this year. This project forms part of a broader strategy that may also include an even larger cluster dubbed Hyperion by 2028. Also Read: Virtus Data Centres appoints Adam Eaton as new CEO Also Read: How IPv4 asset strategy supports long-term enterprise growth
Key Points
- Meta Platforms Inc. has entered long-term agreements with Vistra, Oklo and TerraPower to secure up to 6.6 gigawatts of nuclear power for its AI infrastructure, including the Prometheus data centre in Ohio.
- The move highlights how surging artificial intelligence demand is reshaping energy procurement strategies but also raises questions about costs, grid impact and reliance on legacy and advanced reactor technologies.
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