Tech Firms Fund Nuclear Restarts

Big technology companies are directly underwriting or contracting for carbon‑free power in ways that make reviving shuttered nuclear plants financially viable. Those corporate power deals, paired with large federal loans, create a new model where private cloud demand and public finance combine to resurrect retired baseload generators. — If tech power contracts become a standard lever to restart or preserve legacy energy assets, it shifts who sets energy priorities, how taxpayers bear risk, and how climate promises translate into infrastructure choices.