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.The investment with Meta will also expand the output of a Constellation Energy Illinois nuclear plant.

The tech giant will buy the power generation of an Illinois nuclear plant under a deal with Constellation Energy.

Facebook parent Meta announced an unprecedented deal with Constellation Energy, the largest American nuclear power plant operator, cementing Meta’s turn to turn to nuclear energy to power its energy intensive, generative artificial intelligence initiatives, and sending Constellation shares surging.