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Google’s power hunger gets a nuclear-sized upgrade
Google and Constellation Energy announced a long-term strategic clean energy collaboration to bring 890 MW of new nuclear capacity to the PJM grid. That’s not a tiny rooftop solar flex — it’s a serious, grid-level bet on reliable baseload power.
Why investors should care
Google’s AI ambitions keep chewing through electricity like a teenager with an all-you-can-eat buffet. Deals like this help the company secure the juice it needs for data centers and AI infrastructure without waiting around for the grid to magically catch up.
- The agreement points to how big tech is increasingly willing to sign giant power contracts just to keep AI systems humming.
- Constellation gets a marquee customer and a shiny proof point for nuclear as a clean-energy workhorse.
- For GOOGL holders, this is less about one quarter’s numbers and more about long-term infrastructure control — the boring stuff that can quietly make the flashy stuff possible.
Big picture
If AI is the new gold rush, then electricity is the pickaxe business. Google just bought a bigger one.