"Powering industries critical to our nation's global economic and technological competitiveness, including data centers, requires an abundance of energy that is carbon-free and reliable every hour of every day, and nuclear plants are the only energy sources that can consistently deliver on that promise," Constellation CEO Joe Dominguez told NPR.

Google may be the next tech giant to embrace nuclear energy for its data centers, CEO Sundar Pichai has revealed. Pichai, who has been with Google since 2004, told Nikkei in a recent interview that the company is looking to invest more in clean energy to achieve net-zero emission goals by 2030.

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to expand, Google is increasingly considering nuclear power to meet the massive energy demands arising from the hot new technology, with current forecasts suggesting that global power consumption by AI could match that of Japan within two years.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai shared during a sitdown interview in Tokyo this week that he is considering using nuclear power plants to fuel energy demands at his company’s data centers.