What happened?
Google has signed a 20-year nuclear energy agreement with energy company Constellation to meet the growing electricity demand of its AI data centers.
The numbers
- Duration: 20 years
- Additional capacity: 890 MW
- Investment: $4.3 billion
Why it matters
Training and running AI models consumes significant amounts of electricity in data centers. Google's long-term nuclear energy deal is a concrete step toward meeting this demand from a low-carbon, uninterrupted source. The agreement is an example of tech giants investing directly in energy infrastructure.
