Google, NextEra partner to restart Duane Arnold nuclear plant

Google announced a collaboration with NextEra Energy to restart the Duane Arnold Energy Center in Iowa.

• Main action: Google and NextEra Energy will restart the Duane Arnold Energy Center (Iowa’s only nuclear plant); the company expects the plant to be back online in early 2029, providing more than 600 MW of clean, safe, “always-on” nuclear energy to the regional grid, and Google says it will enable the investment to restart the plant and cover production costs.
• Background/details: The announcement frames restarting a once fully operational plant as the fastest near-term path to scale nuclear capacity to meet AI and cloud infrastructure growth in Iowa; the post also references Google work on advancing new clean generation, flexible demand, and next-generation transmission partnerships (links to Google sustainability and blog posts provided).