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Google Is Buying Half a Nuclear Plant’s Output Through 2049. Cheap Power Just Became the Real AI Moat.

Google just signed a nuclear power contract stretching to 2049, turning electricity from a volatile expense into a fixed cost across two decades of AI growth. Whether that move reshapes Alphabet's competitive position or arrives too late to matter is the real question.

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Stocks· September 10, 2026 at 05:47 PM
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Google just signed a nuclear power contract stretching to 2049, turning electricity from a volatile expense into a fixed cost across two decades of AI growth. Whether that move reshapes Alphabet's competitive position or arrives too late to matter is the real question.

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