Key Takeaways Tech giants Meta, Amazon, and Google have signed a pledge to support tripling nuclear production by 2050.The companies joined dozens of countries, banks, and companies within the nuclear industry who have signed the pledge.

A coalition of the world's biggest companies and largest energy users signed a pledge Wednesday in Houston to support a tripling of nuclear energy capacity by 2050.

Major technology and energy companies have pledged to support wider use of nuclear power, as surging demand from data centers and factories outpaces current availability.

Amazon, Google and Meta have joined a call by big, energy-intensive companies for governments and utilities to build more nuclear power in the latest boost to the industry’s revival. Oil group Occidental and chemical producer Dow are also among the eight large buyers of energy to sign a pledge to support the goal of tripling nuclear capacity by 2050.

Pippa Stevens reports on the growing support for nuclear energy from major tech companies like Google, Meta, and Amazon, who back an initiative to triple nuclear output by 2050 to meet energy needs.