Will Wade of Bloomberg reports that Meta is seeking new nuclear reactors, up to 4 gigawatts, starting in early 2030s. Wade writes:
Meta Platforms Inc. is seeking as much as 4 gigawatts of new nuclear energy as the company looks for a reliable electricity source for its data centers.
The Facebook parent is asking developers to submit proposals to deliver 1 gigawatt to 4 gigawatts of reactor capacity, starting in the early 2030s, according to a statement Tuesday. Commercial nuclear reactors generate about 1 gigawatt of electricity, enough for 750,000 typical homes.
Meta is racing to line up clean energy to meet the massive electricity needs of its artificial intelligence ambitions. Like fellow tech giants Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc., it’s now pursuing a tantalizing but hard-to-develop energy source — nuclear power. […]
The announcement follows recent announcements from Alphabet and Amazon to invest in companies developing advanced reactor technologies. And Microsoft Corp. has agreed to buy power from a reactor that Constellation Energy Corp. plans to restart at the Three Mile Island site in Pennsylvania. […]
“There are definitely some candidates that may be ready by the early 2030s,” he said. “If they get started very soon.”
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