Meta locks in multi-gigawatt nuclear power deals to fuel AI and data centre growth
Meta has signed a series of long-term nuclear power deals that could make it one of the largest corporate buyers of nuclear energy, as it races to meet the rising electricity demand from AI and hyperscale data centres.
Under 20-year power purchase agreements with Vistra, Meta will buy electricity from three existing nuclear plants: the Perry and Davis-Besse reactors in Ohio and Beaver Valley in Pennsylvania. The contracts will support current operations, planned output increases and extended lifetimes at these sites, and could supply Meta with up to about 6.6GW of nuclear power by 2035.
Meta is also tying up with next-generation nuclear developers. It has agreements with TerraPower, backed by Bill Gates, to support up to eight Natrium reactors, targeting roughly 2.8GW of carbon-free capacity with built-in energy storage by the early 2030s. A separate collaboration with Oklo aims to deliver up to 1.2GW of advanced nuclear generation in Ohio from around 2030. These moves build on Meta’s earlier nuclear contracts, including a 20-year deal with Constellation Energy for power from the Clinton Clean Energy Center in Illinois.
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