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Meta and Oklo Partner on 1.2 GW SMR Power Campus in Southern Ohio

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Meta and Oklo Partner on 1.2 GW SMR Power Campus in Southern Ohio

Alongside its utility-scale agreements, Meta Platforms has moved directly into advanced small modular reactor (SMR) development by signing a landmark agreement with Oklo Inc. (NYSE: OKLO) in January 2026. The partnership supports Oklo's plans to build a massive 1.2 GW "power campus" in Pike County, Ohio, to supply clean, reliable energy to Meta's regional data centers, including its New Albany AI supercluster.

The deal addresses the primary financial barrier to advanced nuclear development—high upfront capital expenditure—by establishing a mechanism for Meta to prepay for power and provide direct funding to advance project certainty12. Oklo will deploy these funds to secure nuclear fuel (potentially using materials sourced via the DOE Pivots to Fueling Advanced Reactors with Weapons-Grade Plutonium) and advance early-stage engineering.

Key parameters of the project include:

  • Location: A 206-acre parcel in Pike County, Ohio, formerly owned by the DOE, purchased by Oklo with assistance from the Southern Ohio Diversification Initiative (SODI).
  • Timeline: Pre-construction and site characterization are slated to begin in 2026, with the first phase of Oklo's Aurora powerhouses targeted to come online as early as 2030, scaling up to the full 1.2 GW by 2034.
  • Structure: Oklo's "build-own-operate" model allows Meta to secure dedicated clean baseload power while Oklo manages private capital investment and operational execution.

  1. An instance of The commercial leverage of clean electricity shifts from discount seeking to long-term asset underwriting. — Meta is directly underwriting the development of a massive new nuclear campus through upfront prepayments rather than purchasing power on the spot market. ↩︎

  2. An instance of Scaling artificial intelligence requires technology giants to directly finance the resurrection of nuclear power. — This direct prepaid funding structure demonstrates how technology hyperscalers are actively financing the capital expenditures of next-generation nuclear developers to secure power for their AI clusters. ↩︎

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