Meta jumps aboard the nuclearpowered data center bandwagon | TechCrunch

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  • Meta is seeking developers to build 1 to 4 gigawatts of nuclear power in the U
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  • Initial proposals are due February 7, 2025, and Meta wants the power plants to begin operation in the early 2030s
  • The power plants don’t have to be next to a preferred data center location, as long as they make the power available
Earlier this year, Meta tried to get its own nuclear powered data center the easy way, by building one next to an existing reactor. But after regulators threw cold water on the plan the site was repo [+3057 chars]

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