In her announcement, Gov. Kathy Hochul gave few details about where the plant would be built, how much the project would cost or how long it would take to complete.

New York could build the first new commercial nuclear plant in the US for 15 years to meet the growing energy demand from AI data centers. State governor Kathy Hochul has directed the New York Power Authority (NYPA) to develop and construct an advanced nuclear power plant in upstate New York with a capacity of at least 1GW.

New York state is building a new nuclear reactor. Gov. Kathy Hochul tells The New York Times that she has ordered the state’s electric utility to add no less than 1 gigawatt of new nuclear power generation.