Jan. 9 (UPI) — Meta announced deals with three nuclear energy providers Friday to power its AI data centers in Ohio.
The tech giant made agreements with Vistra, TerraPower and Oklo to bring 6.6 gigawatts of power online for its cluster of data centers by 2035. The power draw exceeds the energy demands of the entire state of New Hampshire.
“At Meta, we are investing in nuclear energy because it provides clean, reliable power that is essential for advancing our AI ambitions and strengthening American leadership in energy innovation,” Urvi Parekh, head of global energy at Meta, said in a statement.
Meta and Vistra Energy, a power company based in Irving, Texas, agreed to a 20-year power purchase agreement. Meta’s data centers will draw 2,176 megawatts of power from three Vistra nuclear plants.
Stacey Doré, chief strategy and sustainability officer for Vistra, said its Perry, Davis-Besse and Beaver Valley plants were set to be retired as recently as 2020. The company purchased those plants in 2023.
TerraPower and Meta’s agreement will develop up to eight Natrium reactor and energy storage system plants. Natrium reactors are nuclear reactors developed by TerraPower.
Two Natrium reactor units will be initially developed under the agreement with the possibility of adding six more later.
TerraPower is headquartered in Bellevue, Wash.
Oklo, a company based in Santa Clara, Calif., has agreed to develop a 1.2 gigawatt nuclear energy campus for Meta in Pike County, Ohio. Under the agreement, Meta will prepay for power and contribute funding to the development of the project.
Oklo is targeting 206 acres of land to develop its power plant. It will begin surveying the site and making preconstruction plans this year and plans to have the first phase of construction completed by 2030. It aims to have the plant fully operational by 2034.
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