Meta signs nuclear energy agreements with Oklo, TerraPower and Vistra

Meta has announced agreements with Oklo, TerraPower and Vistra following its nuclear request for proposal process to support new and existing nuclear energy projects in the United States. The company said the agreements aim to add clean and reliable power to electricity grids while supporting its growing data centre and artificial intelligence operations.

The projects are expected to support up to 6.6 GW of new and existing clean energy capacity by 2035 and create thousands of construction jobs along with hundreds of long term operational roles. Power from these projects will be supplied to regional grids that support Meta’s operations, including the Prometheus supercluster in New Albany, Ohio.

Meta’s agreements with TerraPower focus on advanced nuclear technology. The company will support the development of two Natrium units with a combined capacity of up to 690 MW, targeted for delivery as early as 2032. The agreement also provides rights to energy from up to six additional Natrium units with a combined capacity of 2.1 GW by 2035, taking the total potential capacity to 2.8 GW, along with 1.2 GW of built in energy storage.

The partnership with Oklo covers the development of a new advanced nuclear energy campus in Pike County, Ohio. The project could come online as early as 2030 and is expected to add up to 1.2 GW of clean baseload power to the PJM market through multiple Oklo Aurora Powerhouse reactors.

Meta has also entered into additional 20 year agreements with Vistra to purchase more than 2.1 GW of electricity from the Perry and Davis Besse nuclear plants in Ohio. The agreements also cover capacity uprates at these plants and at the Beaver Valley nuclear plant in Pennsylvania. The combined uprate capacity of 433 MW is expected to come online in the early 2030s and will be delivered into the PJM grid.

Meta said it pays the full cost of the electricity used by its data centres and that the agreements are structured to support grid reliability and long term nuclear operations.

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