Meta has joined its fellow tech company’s in teaming up with the energy sector.
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00:00In March, some of the world's biggest tech companies signed a pledge to triple the amount
00:03of nuclear energy used across the globe. Now, Meta is backing up that pledge. The company
00:08announced a new 20-year partnership with Constellation Energy that will help Meta grow its data centers.
00:13Starting in 2027, Meta will buy around 1.1 gigawatts of energy from Constellation's
00:17Clinton Clean Energy Center in Illinois. That accounts for the entire output of the plant's
00:22lone nuclear reactor. Without the deal, Constellation said the center was in danger of closing.
00:26CEO Joe Dominguez said,
00:28We are proud to partner with Meta. They figured out that supporting the relicensing and expansion
00:32of existing plants is just as impactful as finding new sources of energy.
00:36Sometimes the most important part of our journey forward is to stop taking steps backward.
00:40Meta is the latest tech company to partner with the energy sector. Microsoft had previously reached
00:44a deal with Constellation to reopen Three Mile Island. Google has a partnership with Kairos Power,
00:49and Amazon bought a data center that's powered by Susquehanna Nuclear Plant.
00:53Terms of the Meta Constellation deal were not disclosed.
00:56That'll do it for your daily briefing. From New York City, I'm Kelsey Barbario with The Street.