Tech Companies Drive Nuclear Power Plant Expansions, More Electricity

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Tech Companies Drive Nuclear Power Plant Expansions, More Electricity

https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2026/10/19/tech_companies_drive_nuclear_power_plant_expansions_more_electricity_1212195.html

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Constellation Energy has announced agreements with Google and Amazon to drive power uprates at 13 nuclear reactors across four states. These projects will increase generating capacity by a cumulative 1,080 megawatts by 2032 and create thousands of construction jobs.

The multi-billion dollar agreements provide the revenue certainty needed to modernize turbines, steam generators, and digital control systems at operating plants. Long-term power purchase agreements allow tech companies to secure reliable, emission-free electricity for data centers while helping utilities avoid the lengthy timelines of greenfield construction.

For much of the past 40 years, nuclear power has been in a funk in the U.S., though according to the U.S. Department of Energy it still produces nearly 20% of U.S. electricity and is the country&rsquo

For much of the past 40 years, nuclear power has been in a funk in the U.S., though according to the U.S. Department of Energy it still produces nearly 20% of U.S. electricity and is the country's largest single source of clean, emission-free electricity.

Cost overruns, financing problems, mammoth regulatory delays, and low-cost U.S. produced natural gas have led dozens of plants to close, with few new ones opening.

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