Meta Plans to Power US Data Centers with Nuclear Energy Starting in the 2030s

Meta is planning to use nuclear power to fuel its data centers in the USA, aiming to add 1-4 gigawatts of nuclear energy starting in the early 2030s.

The company is seeking proposals from developers with experience in Small Modular Reactors or larger nuclear reactors.

Meta believes nuclear energy can provide stable, reliable power for its data centers and surrounding communities.

So, I personally think nuclear is a good idea, but this is a choice we should make as a society.

It’s positively dystopian that some predatory megacorp gets to decide by itself that nuclear is back because they want to push a bunch of manipulative AI junk that’s designed to sell more ads and separate us from our money.

That, by the way, is also a choice we should make as a society. But I suppose that’s not an option in the land of the meek and the home of the wage slave.

[SMRs have been complete vaporware for the past 70 years.](https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-forgotten-history-of-small-nuclear-reactors)

Or just [this recent summary ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XECq9uFsy6o)on how all modern SMRs tend to show promising PowerPoints and then cancel when reality hits.

Simply look to: 

– [mPower](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%26W_mPower)
– [NuScale](https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2024/10/29/the-rise-and-fall-of-nuscale-a-nuclear-cautionary-tale/)

And the rest of the bunch adding costs for every passing year and then disappearing when the subsidies run out.

My heart sinks thinking of Meta surviving into the 30’s…