Big Tech Is Buying Nuclear Power for AI
By Sustainability Awakening • Dr. Ahmad Mahmood
AI's power hunger
Data centers by 2030
945 TWh
More than double 2024's 415 TWh.
Source: IEA
Why nuclear
Power that never sleeps
Reactors run 24/7 and carbon-free, just like AI servers.
Microsoft
Three Mile Island returns
Crane plant835 MW
Deal20 years
Restart2027
Source: Constellation
Amazon
An $18B nuclear deal
Susquehanna power1,920 MW
Runs to2042
Source: Talen Energy
Google
Reviving an Iowa reactor
Duane Arnold615 MW
Deal25 years
Onlineearly 2029
Source: NextEra
Meta
The biggest bet yet
6.6 GW
From Vistra, Oklo and TerraPower by 2035.
Source: Meta, Jan 2026
The next wave
Small modular reactors
Google plans 500 MW from Kairos Power reactors.
Source: Google
The catch
Nuclear is slow
Restarts take years. Most new reactors arrive after 2030.
Public money
Washington is lending
Crane restart$1B
Duane Arnold$1.9B
Source: US DOE