Tech giants Amazon, Google, and Meta, among other large energy users, have pledged their support to triple global nuclear capacity by 2050, citing its essential role in energy security and clean energy provision.
A group of large energy users, including technology giants Amazon , Google , and Meta , on Wednesday pledged their support to the goal of at least tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050. The tech firms were among the founding signatories of the pledge as a cross-industry group of eight large energy users teamed up for the first time to launch a cross-sector pledge “to emphasize nuclear energy ’s essential role in enhancing energy security , resiliency and providing continuous clean energy.
The eight companies have come together to publicly back an extensive and concerted expansion of nuclear power to meet increasing global energy demand. They also urge other energy users to support the goal to triple nuclear energy. With Wednesday’s pledge, the signatories join 14 major global banks and financial institutions, 140 nuclear industry companies, and 31 countries in supporting the goal to triple global nuclear capacity by 2050.
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