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Constellation pursuing information centers at power plants in spite of regulative problem

Constellation Energy will continue to pursue offers to establish information centers on the websites of its U.S. power plants, days after federal regulators dealt a. blow to the socalled colocated plans, company. executives stated on Monday.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Friday rejected. an agreement to increase the power capacity of an Amazon information. center connected straight to Talen Energy's nuclear power plant. in Pennsylvania in a decision seen as cooling similar offers.

Constellation stated it is looking for guidance from regulators. after FERC's choice about co-location, which has ended up being a. appealing method for Huge Tech to access big amounts of power for. its AI expansion rather of awaiting years to adjoin.

We will pursue this regular clarity while simultaneously. pursuing industrial strategies for co-location that are. allowed under our existing guidelines, Constellation CEO Joseph. Dominguez stated on a company earnings call. There are multiple regulatory and commercial paths to. fix the co-location problems, and we will work quickly with. consumers and other stakeholders to put these in place.. Constellation, which is the largest operator of U.S. nuclear power plants, had backed Talen in the regulatory fight. Shares of the nuclear power operators had actually shot up this year. partly on the prospect of developing co-located data centers.

Constellation stock was down about 10% on Monday.

The FERC battle was brought by electrical energies Exelon and. American Electric Power, which opposed the Talen-Amazon information. center interconnection agreement, stating that it threatened to. raise power costs for daily clients and deteriorate grid. dependability.

(source: Reuters)