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Benzinga
• Erica Kollmann
Nuclear Stocks Rip Higher As Meta Goes Atomic
Meta Platforms announced over 6 gigawatts of nuclear power agreements, including a 20-year deal with Vistra for 2.6 gigawatts and a partnership with Oklo for 1.2 gigawatts of advanced nuclear capacity. The announcement triggered a sector-wide rally as investors view Big Tech's nuclear commitments as proof of concept for next-generation deployments and a critical infrastructure component for AI energy demands.
META
VST
OKLO
SMR
nuclear energy
Meta Platforms
AI power demand
small modular reactors
Sentiment note
Small high-growth player caught bid on expectations of accelerated reactor commercialization through federal HALEU funding.