Meta Just Made Nuclear Power Cool Again (And VST Stock Is Having a Moment)

Vistra to help Facebook parent power grand AI ambitions

Vistra Corp. entered a 20-year agreement with the Facebook parent to provide the tech giant with more than 2.6 gigawatts of nuclear energy.

Meta Just Made Nuclear Power Cool Again (And VST Stock Is Having a Moment)

Remember when nuclear power was about as popular as a root canal? Well, Meta just changed that narrative faster than you can say “ChatGPT needs more juice.” The social media giant (yes, the one that brought us endless scroll addiction) just signed a massive nuclear energy deal with Vistra (VST), and honestly? It’s kind of brilliant. While everyone’s been arguing about whether AI will take our jobs, Meta quietly figured out the real problem: thes…

Meta Strikes Deal With Irving's Vistra to Purchase Nuclear Power for Meta's AI 'Supercluster'

Dallas Innovates, Every Day: Here's what's new + next in North Texas. Vistra announced it has entered into 20-year power purchasing agreements to provide more than 2,600 megawatts of zero-carbon energy from three Vistra nuclear plants—two in Ohio and one in Pennsylvania—to support Meta’s operations in the region. In its own announcement, Meta said the agreements—along with additional deals struck with TerraPower and Oklo—will deliver power to th…