Meta Secures Nuclear Energy to Fuel its AI Data Centers

Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, has brokered three key agreements to ensure a steady supply of nuclear energy for its data centers, equivalent to empowering around 5 million households.

Announced on Friday, these deals involve partnerships with TerraPower, Oklo, and Vistra, aimed to cater to the energy needs of Meta's advanced Prometheus AI data facility in New Albany, Ohio. Introduced in July, Prometheus is designed to be a massive one-gigawatt facility spread over multiple structures and is expected to go operational later this year.

Financial specifics of these arrangements with TerraPower, Oklo, and Vistra have not been publicly shared.

Meta's statement on Friday revealed that these collaborations will facilitate about 6.6 gigawatts of fresh and currently available clean energy by 2035, enhancing the U.S.'s nuclear supply chain and safeguarding jobs in American power generation and operation.

The collaboration with TerraPower includes investment in two new Natrium reactors anticipated to deliver up to 690 megawatts of secure power, ready as soon as 2032. Additionally, Meta will have access to energy from as many as six extra Natrium reactors capable of generating 2.1 gigawatts, scheduled to be delivered by 2035.

Aside from this, Meta has committed to acquiring over 2.1 gigawatts from two Ohio-based Vistra nuclear facilities, with additional energy sourced from expansions at these plants and another one, Beaver Valley, located near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The agreement with Oklo aims to support the development of a 1.2-gigawatt energy campus located in Pike County, Ohio, primarily to fuel Meta’s regional data centers.

These latest nuclear energy commitments follow Meta's earlier announcement in June pertaining to securing power from its nuclear site in Clinton, Illinois.