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Google signs deal to revive six US nuclear plant sites

Original: Google announced a new agreement to update six nuclear power plant sites across the US as the tech giant seeks to genera

Google has signed a 20-year agreement with Constellation, the largest nuclear power operator in the US, to update six nuclear plant sites across the country. The deal is aimed at securing more electricity to power Google's rapidly growing data centers, which are consuming increasing amounts of energy due to demand from artificial intelligence and cloud services. It marks a major step by a tech company toward nuclear energy as a long-term power source.

Why now: Tech companies' surging energy needs from AI data centers are driving high-profile investments in nuclear power.

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• Google announced a new agreement to update six nuclear power plant sites across the US as the tech giant seeks to generate more electricity for its power-hungry data centers. Google signed the 20-year deal with Constellation, the leading nuclear power plant operator in the US.… · verge@www.urbanmind.net · 5

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