Meta wants to harness nuclear power for AI but can Facebook-founder Mark Zuckerberg be trusted?

Meta has announced an ambitious plan to integrate nuclear energy into its sustainability strategy, aiming to secure up to 4GW of new nuclear generation capacity in the United States by the early 2030s. The goal is to power its growing network of data centers and support artificial intelligence innovation while contributing to grid decarbonization. This initiative, while bold, raises critical questions: can Mark Zuckerberg, the man behind Facebook’s data scandals, be trusted to influence the nuclear energy landscape? Meta’s Request for Proposals (RFP) seeks nuclear energy developers to deliver scalable and cost-effective projects. Unlike the company’s prior ventures into renewable… [Continue Reading]