Energy
Japanese companies see opportunity as US looks to build more plants
A data center owned by Amazon Web Services, front right, is under construction next to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Berwick, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, in January 2024. © AP
YUJI OHIRA and KOSUKE SHIMIZU
HOUSTON, Texas/PALO ALTO, California — American technology giants are moving to procure more electricity from nuclear plants as demand for power-hungry artificial intelligence grows sharply.