Meta strikes 20-year deal with nuclear power plant in Clinton, Illinois 00:32. Meta has cut a 20-year deal to secure nuclear power to help meet surging demand for artificial intelligence and other ...

States like Illinois, Montana and Wisconsin have lifted longstanding bans on the construction of new nuclear plants. Texas this month approved a $350 million fund to build new reactors.

The Clinton nuclear power station, located in DeWitt County, Illinois, began commercial operation in September 1987. It is now expected to operate until at least 2047. Source: Exelon Nuclear ...

Constellation Energy Corp. agreed to sell power from an Illinois nuclear plant to Meta Platforms Inc. as artificial intelligence sends power demand soaring.

Meta Platforms on Tuesday said it has struck an agreement with Constellation Energy to keep one of the utility's reactors in Illinois operating for 20 years, in the Big Tech company's first such ...

Meta announced Tuesday morning that it was paying billions of dollars to keep an Illinois nuclear power plant running through 2047. The social media company will buy all the “clean energy ...

Constellation (Nasdaq: CEG) and Meta have signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for the output of the Clinton Clean Energy Center to support Meta’s clean energy goals and operations in ...

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, said it has an agreement to buy power from the Clinton nuclear power plant in central Illinois for 20 years to run data operations and support ...

Constellation, owner of power plants in four states, including Southern Maryland’s Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant, said this week that Meta signed a 20-year agreement to buy output from its ...

Federal regulators’ disclosure that Constellation, operator of Illinois’ nuclear plants, hid the nature of an incident at one of them is concerning.

The announcement comes as public support for nuclear power continues to rise. A recent Gallup poll found that support for nuclear energy jumped to 61% of U.S. adults, up from 55% in 2023.

Meta has cut a 20-year deal to secure nuclear power to help meet surging demand for artificial intelligence and other computing needs at Facebook's parent company.