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Big Tech Data Centers: Meta's Massive Nuclear Power Deals, $20B by xAI in Mississippi

Meta's Prometheus AI data center is being built in New Albany, Ohio, and will be a 1-gigawatt cluster spanning spanning multiple buildings.

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Associated Press

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Big Tech Data Centers: Meta's Massive Nuclear Power Deals, $20B by xAI in Mississippi
Photos of, from left, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, and Elon Musk, CEO of xAI

Jan 9, 2026 (AP) – Social media giant Meta on Friday announced it had cut a trio of deals to power its artificial intelligence data centers, less than one day after Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI announced being set to spend $20 billion to build a data center in Southaven, Mississippi.

In Mississippi, Gov. Tate Reeves announced the xAI deal on Thursday, calling it the largest private investment in the state's history.

Meta’s energy deals constitute enough power to light up the equivalent of about 5 million homes.

Meta’s deals with TerraPower, Oklo and Vistra

The parent company of Facebook announced agreements with TerraPower, Oklo and Vistra for nuclear power for its Prometheus AI data center that is being built in New Albany, Ohio. 

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