Google bought 890 megawatts of power that does not exist yet.
Google agreed on Tuesday to buy 890 megawatts that nuclear operator Constellation will squeeze out of reactors it already runs. The 20-year deal unlocks more than $4.3 billion of upgrades to Constellation's existing nuclear fleet. Google also contracted 2,700 more megawatts on PJM, the biggest power grid in the United States.
Why it mattersData centres are now big enough that one customer can finance new nuclear capacity on its own. Your bill shares that grid, and none of the upgraded reactors is running yet.
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