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NextEra Energy and Google will restart Iowa's only nuclear plant to provide 24/7 carbon-free energy for AI infrastructure, creating 400 jobs and $9 billion in economic benefits.
- On Oct. 27, 2025, NextEra Energy and Google announced agreements to restart the Duane Arnold Energy Center near Palo, Iowa, targeting full operations by the first quarter of 2029.
- A 25-year power purchase agreement with Google enables the investment to restart the plant by covering production costs, aims to meet growing AI-era electricity demand, and explores new nuclear deployment in the United States.
- John Ketchum said `Restarting Duane Arnold marks an important milestone for NextEra Energy`, with $9 billion in benefits expected for Iowa and approximately 400 direct, full-time jobs in Linn County.
- Google will buy output from the 615-MW plant under a 25-year deal, CIPCO will purchase the remaining output on the same terms, and NextEra is working with the NRC for approvals.
- The project is presented as strengthening U.S. grid resilience while powering AI growth, with NextEra Energy and Google exploring new nuclear deployments and nearly 3 GW of projects supporting the AI-driven economy.
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Revamped Iowa nuclear plant to supply power to Google
The company that’s working to restart Iowa’s only nuclear power plant has signed an agreement with Google. NextEra Energy’s 25-year contract says the company will supply Google with power to run its expanding cloud and AI infrastructure once the Duane Arnold Energy Plant near Palo is running again. NextEra has signed agreements to acquire the […]
NextEra Energy partners with Google to restart Iowa nuclear plant
(Reuters) -NextEra Energy and Google have reached an agreement to restart an Iowa nuclear power plant shut five years ago, the companies said on Monday, in another sign that data-center power demand is renewing interest in U.S. nuclear energy.
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In the US, another shut down nuclear power plant is to be reactivated to provide energy for a data center for artificial intelligence.
Google teams up with energy giant to revive a long-shuttered nuclear plant
Google announced a new partnership with NextEra Energy to restart Iowa’s only nuclear power plant, a move aimed at meeting the growing energy demands of artificial intelligence while strengthening America’s clean-energy grid.The Duane Arnold Energy Center in Palo, Iowa, is expected to reopen by 2029 after closing in 2020, primarily to power Google’s AI and cloud operations with clean, round-the-clock nuclear energy."Building on two decades of wo…
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