Google signs deal to buy half the electricity of a nuclear power plant
lukaspetersson · hn · 2026-09-11
Per BBC, Google has agreed to purchase about half the output of a nuclear power plant to feed its rapidly growing AI data centers. The deal underscores how AI compute demand is pushing hyperscalers to lock up nuclear baseload power, reshaping electricity procurement at grid scale.
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