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Another power move
Google is back in the energy aisle, and this time it’s buying nuclear power from Constellation Energy. The deal is the latest reminder that AI isn’t just a software story anymore — it’s also an electricity-hungry infrastructure race, and Alphabet wants to make sure it’s not the one left holding a dead battery.
Why this matters
If you’ve been watching the AI boom from the sidelines, here’s the unglamorous truth: the biggest bottleneck may be power, not chips. Data centers need a ridiculous amount of juice, and nuclear energy is becoming the clean-ish, steady-as-a-metronome option big tech loves when it wants reliability without the drama of the weather app.
For Alphabet, the move suggests a few things:
- it’s still leaning into AI and cloud buildout
- it wants long-term energy certainty for data centers
- it’s willing to use partnerships to secure the plumbing behind the product
Big picture
This isn’t the kind of deal that screams instant revenue. But it does scream strategy. Google is making sure the lights stay on while it chases the next wave of AI growth — and in 2026, that’s about as core to the story as the models themselves.