NextEra Energy partners with Google to restart Iowa nuclear plant

NextEra Energy and Google have reached an agreement to restart an Iowa nuclear power plant shut five years ago, the companies said on Monday, in another sign that data-center power demand is renewing interest in U.S. nuclear energy.

The technology industry’s quest for massive amounts of electricity for artificial-intelligence processing has renewed interest in the country’s nuclear reactors, which generate large amounts of around-the-clock power that is virtually carbon free.