Google, Meta, Amazon Sign Pledge Backing Tripling of Nuclear Power by 2050

The pledge was made amid concerns that Russia and China may threaten America’s edge in nuclear innovation.

The nuclear pool and its vessel inside a nuclear reactor building in Flamanville, north-western France, on April 25, 2024. Lou Benoist/AFP via Getty Images

Major U.S. tech companies have pledged to support an initiative to boost nuclear power generation globally, the World Nuclear Association said on Wednesday.

The groups of “large energy users” have backed the goal to at least triple global nuclear capacity by 2050, the association, which facilitated the pledge, said in a March 12 statement.