Google Is Buying Half a Nuclear Plant's Output Through 2049. Cheap Power Just Became the Real AI Moat.
The agreement locks in low-carbon power for AI growth and turns a volatile operating cost into a fixed expense through 2049.
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For a long time, the future of the Finnish Loviisa nuclear power plant was uncertain - but now Google is entering with a billion-dollar purchase agreement.
Google is investing $13 billion in Finland. The company plans to build data processing centres for AI and is already planning to purchase up to half of the generation of one of the Finnish nuclear power plants.
Google Is Buying Half a Nuclear Plant's Output Through 2049. Cheap Power Just Became the Real AI Moat.
The post Google Is Buying Half a Nuclear Plant’s Output Through 2049. Cheap Power Just Became the Real AI Moat. appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Google (NASDAQ:GOOG, NASDAQ:GOOGL) said it will pour a record $15 billion into AI infrastructure in what CNBC called the “Texas of Europe,” anchored by three northern data centers and a long-dated agreement to buy a large share of the output from Fortum’s Loviisa nuclear plant, with deliveries running f…
Google Gives a 20-Year Lifeline to Nordic Nuclear Plant
A deal between Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Nordic utility Fortum Oyj, the first such agreement of its kind in Europe, will help unlock €1 billion of investment needed to keep a nuclear power plant in Finland running for decades to come.
Shares of construction companies on the Helsinki Stock Exchange have received their share of the Google enthusiasm. Target prices have already been partly surpassed.
Fortum's shares soared after Google announced a huge investment in Finland. Is there any reason for the excitement? Inderes' chief analyst and Fortum's head of investor relations and financial communications give a clear answer.
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