The Instagram and Facebook parent has a 20-year agreement with Constellation Energy to buy electricity from its operation in downstate Clinton.

Meta has cut a 20-year deal to secure nuclear power to help meet surging demand for artificial intelligence and other computing needs at Facebook's parent company.

Meta signs 20-year deal to prop up Illinois nuclear energy facilityClinton Clean Energy Center was set to close in 2027Facility will provide 1,121 megawatts of "emissions-free nuclear energy"Meta has revealed a deal to prop up a nuclear power plant over the next 20 years in what it says is a bid to power the continued demand for AI.