Google announced a new partnership with NextEra Energy to restart Iowa’s only nuclear power plant , a move aimed at meeting the growing energy demands of artificial intelligence while strengthening America’s clean-energy grid.

The Duane Arnold Energy Center in Palo, Iowa, is expected to reopen by 2029 after closing in 2020, primarily to power Google’s AI and cloud operations with clean, round-the-clock nuclear energy.

"Building on two decades of work in Iowa, including our recent $7 billion investment in the state this May, Google is proud to partner with NextEra Energy to reopen the Duane Arnold Energy Center – a project that will deliver nuclear energy and hundreds of new job opportunities in the Hawkeye State by the beginning of 2029," Alphabet and Google’s President and Chief Inves

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