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Joel Kaplan

Joel Kaplan

Chief Global Affairs Officer, Meta

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Big Tech's power grab: the race to build private energy empires

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Chief Global Affairs Officer, Meta - Announcing Meta's major nuclear energy commitments

Google spent $4.75 billion over a year ago to acquire Intersect Power, owning the power plants feeding its AI data centers. Amazon bought a nuclear-powered campus in Pennsylvania. Microsoft restarted Three Mile Island in September 2024. Now Meta has announced nuclear deals unlocking up to 6.6 gigawatts—through partnerships with Vistra, TerraPower, and Oklo—to power American AI leadership. Tech giants aren't just buying electricity. They're securing or building the grid themselves.

Updated Feb 4

Meta's trump pivot

Rule Changes

President of Global Affairs, Meta - Recently promoted to top policy position

Mark Zuckerberg banned Donald Trump after January 6th, calling the risks of keeping him on Facebook too great. Four years later, on the anniversary of that ban, Zuckerberg killed Meta's entire U.S. fact-checking program. Between those two moments: a Mar-a-Lago dinner, a million-dollar inauguration donation, and the elevation of a Bush-era Republican to Meta's top policy job.

Updated Jan 7