Ammon News - Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has saved a nuclear plant from closure as the Facebook-owner races to secure more power to fuel its artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions.

The technology giant has signed a deal with US nuclear operator Constellation Energy to buy energy from its Clinton Clean Energy Center in Illinois for 20 years.

Starting in June 2027, Meta will buy 1.1 gigawatts (GW) of energy from Constellation’s plant, roughly the whole capacity of a single reactor at the site.

It brings an end to uncertainty over the future of the nuclear site. Without the deal, the plant had been at risk of shutting down permanently, with a taxpayer-backed subsidy scheme that had kept the plant operating due to expire in 2027. Telegraph