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Meta has finalized multiple agreements to supply nuclear-generated electricity to its artificial intelligence data centers, locking in enough power to serve the equivalent of roughly 5 million households. On Friday, the Facebook parent company announced deals with TerraPower, Oklo, and Vistra to provide nuclear energy for its Prometheus AI data center complex under construction in New Albany, Ohio. First revealed in July, Prometheus will be a 1-gigawatt data center campus spread across several facilities and is expected to begin operations later this year. The company did not disclose the financial details of the agreements. In a statement, Meta said the three partnerships will collectively support up to 6.6 gigawatts of new and existing clean power capacity by 2035. In the utility industry, one gigawatt of electricity is generally enough to supply about 750,000 homes. Meta said the projects will strengthen grid reliability, bolster the U.S. nuclear supply chain, and create jobs tied to the construction and operation of power plants across the country. Read More: Japan turns to new technology as dementia cases surge Under its agreement with TerraPower, Meta will fund the development of two Natrium nuclear reactors capable of producing up to 690 megawatts of continuous power, with delivery expected as early as 2032. The deal also gives Meta access to energy from as many as six additional Natrium units, with a combined capacity of about 2.1 gigawatts and a target start date of 2035. Meta also plans to purchase more than 2.1 gigawatts of electricity from two existing Vistra nuclear plants in Ohio, along with additional power from plant expansions in Ohio and a third Vistra facility in Pennsylvania. Vistra said the electricity generated by its Beaver Valley plant in Pennsylvania and the Davis-Besse and Perry plants in Ohio will continue to flow through the regional mid-Atlantic power grid, serving all customers. The company added that the agreements with Meta provide the stability needed to pursue 20-year license renewals for its reactors from federal regulators. Technology companies have faced increasing pressure in the already strained mid-Atlantic power grid — which includes Ohio and Pennsylvania — to develop new generation sources capable of meeting the full energy demands of large data centers. Jesse Jenkins, an energy systems expert and engineering professor at Princeton University, warned that bringing the Prometheus data center online without adding new power generation would likely drive electricity prices higher across the region. Consumers are already seeing increased bills due to existing and planned data center expansion. Read More:Tech’s biggest show returns: what to expect at CES 2026 Meta’s agreement with Oklo — a company backed by OpenAI chief Sam Altman — supports the development of a 1.2-gigawatt nuclear power complex in Pike County, Ohio, intended to supply Meta’s regional data center operations. These nuclear power deals follow Meta’s announcement in June of a separate 20-year energy agreement with Constellation Energy.