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EditorDavid @ Slashdot · 02/07/2026 23:35 EDT

Are Big Tech's Nuclear Construction Deals a Tipping Point for Small Modular Reactors?

Fortune reports on "a watershed moment" in American's nuclear power industry:


In January, Meta partnered with Gates' TerraPower and Sam Altman-backed Oklo to develop about 4 gigawatts of combined SMR projects — enough to power almost 3 million homes — for "clean, reliable energy" both for Meta's planned Prometheus AI mega campus in Ohio and beyond. Analysts see Meta as the start of more Big Tech nuclear construction deals — not just agreements with existing plants or restarts such as the now-Microsoft-bac

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