Equinix enters into multiple advanced nuclear deals to power data centers

NEW YORK: Major data center developer and operator Equinix has entered into several advanced nuclear electricity deals, including power purchase agreements for fission energy and pre-ordering microreactors for its operations, the company said on Thursday.

Big Tech’s race to expand technologies like generative artificial intelligence, which requires warehouse-like data centers that can require city-sized amounts of electricity at a single site, is driving up global energy consumption and raising fears about depleted power supplies.