Google enters massive 3.6-GW power deal with Constellation Energy
Google has signed a massive 3.6-gigawatt power agreement with Constellation Energy to support its growing data center electricity needs. The deal includes significant investments in nuclear energy infrastructure, marking a trend of tech companies partnering with utility providers to secure reliable, clean power.
Why it matters
This deal highlights the increasing energy demands of AI and data centers, signaling a major shift toward reviving nuclear power to meet the carbon-neutral goals of big tech.
Google has contracted for 3,590 megawatts of power from Constellation Energy in the largest US power grid , with new nuclear energy accounting for about a quarter of that supply, the companies said on Tuesday.
Constellation will make more than $4.3 billion of new investments in its fleet as part of the agreement, which involves adding capacity at several of the power company’s nuclear reactors in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions, the companies said.
Major tech companies are racing to secure massive amounts of electricity supplies to power data centres across the US by striking unprecedented power deals and reviving the country’s nuclear industry.
Over the last two years, Constellation unveiled an agreement to restart its Three Mile Island reactor in Pennsylvania to serve Microsoft data centres, while Google contracted to restart NextEra Energy’s nuclear power plant in Iowa.
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