Big Tech’s nuclear land grab: Who really pays when data centers devour the grid?
The nation’s largest technology companies are no longer content to plug into the grid. They are buying its steady heartbeat, and sucking the lifeblood out of the Earth. Within six days, Amazon and Google locked in 20-year claims on nuclear output from Maryland to 11 reactors across the country, all while promising fresh megawatts and a shield for ordinary households. Yet a closer look at who borrows, who benefits, and who waits suggests that the so-called nuclear renaissance may be less a gift to the public than a private reservation – a draining of the most dependable electricity America has.
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