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With AI use growing, Big Tech turns to nuclear power

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With AI use growing, Big Tech turns to nuclear power

Japanese companies see opportunity as US looks to build more plants

A data center owned by Amazon Web Services, front right, is under construction next to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Berwick, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, in January 2024.  © AP

YUJI OHIRA and KOSUKE SHIMIZU

HOUSTON, Texas/PALO ALTO, California — American technology giants are moving to procure more electricity from nuclear plants as demand for power-hungry artificial intelligence grows sharply.

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