Google has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with the largest U.S. nuclear power company, Constellation, for approximately 3.6 gigawatts (GW) of electricity to address the power demands of its AI data centers.
On the 6th (local time), Google announced that it has secured a contract to supply 3,590 megawatts (MW) of power from Constellation's PJM region, the largest power grid in the U.S.
890 MW, accounting for a quarter of the total, will be introduced over 20 years starting in 2028 from 11 nuclear power plants in Illinois, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, where Constellation is modernizing its systems. Constellation plans to invest over $4.3 billion (5.8 trillion won) to improve facilities for this purpose.
Google also signed a contract with Constellation to supply 2,700 MW in the PJM region for 15 years.
The two companies have also formed a 5-year technology partnership, applying Google Cloud and Google's AI “Gemini Enterprise” across Constellation's power plant operations and infrastructure.
Google explained that this agreement aligns with the White House's “Joule-10” pledge, which requires data center operators to directly bear electricity costs, avoiding cost transfers to general customers.
Amanda Peterson Corio, Google's Global Head of Energy & Power, stated, “We will responsibly achieve growth by actively investing in clean and stable power sources that secure new generation capacity for our country's power grid.”
The companies also emphasized that the agreement will preserve 4,400 existing jobs and create 7,200 new jobs during the construction period.
While the companies did not disclose the contract amount for this power supply agreement, Bloomberg previously reported it could be around $1 billion (approximately 1.34 trillion won).
