Plans by Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta to build an AI data center in the US that runs on nuclear power were thwarted in part because a rare species of bee was discovered on land earmarked for the project, according to people familiar with the matter.

Nuclear-power stocks fell after regulators voted against a deal between Amazon and Talen Energy.The deal would permit a Talen nuclear plant to provide an Amazon data center with extra power.Nuclear stocks have surged this year as AI data centers boost energy demand.

Microsoft plans to spend $1 billion to build three data centers in Central Ohio, and the state is kicking in tax breaks for the project.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) rejected an effort Friday to allow an Amazon data center to tap into additional power from a nearby Pennsylvania nuclear plant. The decision could

Meta's plans to set up a nuclear-powered AI data center in the US have been halted in part because a rare bee species was found on the land, the Financial Times reports. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told staff about the issue in an all-hands meeting,

Meta had to pull the plug on a nuclear-powered data center project after a rare bee species was discovered on the land where it was going to be built, according to the Financial Times.