An industry generative artificial intelligence (genAI) alliance, the AI Infrastructure Partnership (AIP), on Wednesday announced that xAI, Nvidia, GE Vernova, and NextEra Energy were joining BlackRock, Microsoft, and Global Infrastructure Partners as members. A New Power Player Is Emerging In Energy: Big Tech (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) A fundamental shift is underway in the power sector: the companies that consume the most electricity are starting to dictate how it gets built. But given that the announcement. Meta is the latest tech giant to strike a deal with a US energy corporation to power its next-generation artificial intelligence (AI). Meta's joint investment with Constellation. Google has signed an agreement to buy power from small modular nuclear reactors, in a move the company has described as a "world first". For infrastructure CEOs, this isn't a side story in Silicon Valley.
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