Alphabet nears deal to buy nuclear power from Constellation for data centers
dinabass · x · 2026-10-06
Bloomberg reports Alphabet is close to an agreement to purchase nuclear energy from Constellation Energy, as tech companies race to lock in power for the AI data-center boom — another sign that electricity supply has become the key constraint on compute expansion.
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