Overview
- Google and NextEra Energy agreed to restart the Duane Arnold Energy Center in Iowa, with a planned commercial return in early 2029.
- Google signed a 25-year power purchase agreement that begins once the reactor is back online.
- NextEra, the plant’s sole owner, described the pact with Google as a strategic collaboration and highlighted nuclear power’s CO2‑free profile.
- The International Energy Agency projects data center electricity consumption could more than double by 2030, intensifying demand for stable generation.
- Similar moves include Constellation’s plan to restart Three Mile Island for Microsoft and Meta securing long-term output from an Illinois plant, while Google also plans to source power from advanced Kairos Power reactors from 2030.