Google与Georgia Power达成协议，支持Vogtle和Hatch核电站升级，增加96MW产能。

Google has signed a deal with US utility Georgia Power to support power uprates at two of the Southern Co. subsidiary's nuclear plants. The uprates will add 96MW of capacity to the Georgia grid. The two plants are Vogtle, a 4.5–4.8GW nuclear facility in Burke County near Waynesboro, Georgia, and Hatch, a 1.84GW site near Baxley, Georgia. Georgia Power owns both plants, and Southern Nuclear, a sister company of Southern Co., manages operations.

The Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) must approve the uprates before they proceed. Georgia Power filed for approval this week, requesting authorization for a new nuclear uprate tariff structure and an extended power uprate (EPU) for Units 1 and 2 at Hatch. An EPU for Vogtle's Units 1 and 2 received approval last year as part of Georgia Power's 2025 Integrated Resource Plan.

Under the agreement, Google will subscribe to the new tariff structure and receive low-carbon credits tied to the carbon-free attributes of the new capacity added through the uprates.

"Many of our large customers have specific clean energy goals, and we continue to work with the Georgia PSC to create programs that not only help them meet their goals, but align with our Customer Protection Pledge, enhancing the reliability and resiliency of the power grid and creating savings for all customers," said Aaron Mitchell, senior vice president of strategic growth for Georgia Power. "We appreciate Google's continued leadership in this space and partnership in developing this program, which we see as the latest example of how large-load growth can benefit all electric customers."

"Google data centers are long-term investments in the communities we call home, catalyzing local economic development and accelerating clean energy deployment. They also serve as a proof point for how we can unlock the significant opportunity to bring online new nuclear power through expanding the capacity of the existing nuclear fleet," said Lucia Tian, director of advanced energy technologies at Google.

The utility will achieve the uprates by modifying plant equipment including turbines, pumps, motors, and cooling systems, enabling the reactors to operate at higher licensed thermal power levels and produce greater electrical output.

This is Google's latest nuclear deal. Earlier this month, the company signed its first international nuclear agreement—a 22-year Power Purchase Agreement with Fortum for the Loviisa plant in Finland. In October, Google signed a PPA with NextEra Energy to purchase power from the 615MW Duane Arnold Energy Center in Palo, Iowa. The company has also signed a 200MW PPA with Commonwealth Fusion Systems, a nuclear fusion firm; a 50MW PPA with Kairos Power, a small modular reactor firm; and a strategic agreement with Elementl Power to develop three nuclear energy projects in the US.