Several top tech companies have come out in favor of nuclear energy, supporting efforts to help triple the world’s nuclear output by 2050.
Among the companies that came out in support of the call to increase nuclear energy efforts are Amazon, Meta, and Alphabet’s Google, all firms that are also investing heavily in artificial intelligence, according to CNBC.
The three major companies signed a pledge that was first adopted by more than 20 countries, including the United States, in December 2023. The pledge was brought forth at the United Nations Climate Conference, and last year several top financial institutions backed it, including Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley.
The pledge is nonbinding, but it puts emphasis on the growing support for expanding nuclear power among certain industries.
With the increased energy needed to operate artificial intelligence centers, tech companies have been investing in nuclear energy throughout the past year.
Amazon and Google both made investments to help launch small nuclear reactors last fall, as they hope it will reduce costs and their carbon footprint.
Meta also issued a call for nuclear developers to submit proposals to the tech company so it could add up to 4 gigawatts of new nuclear power in the U.S.
The pledge that the companies signed on Wednesday was led by the World Nuclear Association. It comes as the CERAWeek by S&P Global energy conference is being held in Houston.