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Texas-based electricity generator and retail power provider operating a large US generation fleet.
Constellation plans to spend more than $4.3 billion to add nearly 1 GW at 11 reactors, MIT Technology Review reported. Per kilowatt that costs more than new solar with storage or gas, and Google and Meta signed long-term purchase deals.
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Six Samsung affiliates will put $1 billion into Helix, KKR's AI data center and power company. Four of the five business lines Samsung tied to the deal are data center construction, operations, cooling and backup power, so the stake is also a bid for Helix's orders.
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Samsung Group is committing $1 billion from six affiliates to Helix, the AI infrastructure firm led by former AWS chief Adam Selipsky. Anyone who later contracts with Helix will deal with a builder whose owners also supply its power and technology.
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Six Samsung companies are committing $1 billion to Helix, lifting the KKR- and Nvidia-backed platform above $11 billion in secured capital. Helix plans to build generation, transmission and fiber alongside the data centers, though no project has yet been assigned any of the money.
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Power suppliers and equipment makers have lost multiple since June even as earnings and guidance rose. The Seeking Alpha analyst making that case puts the binding constraints in transformer queues and electrician hiring.
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Spark Capital led a $120 million Series A at a $1 billion post-money valuation, putting TAR at $880 million before the cash arrived. The round discloses no contracted megawatts and no other investors.
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