TVA Says Nuclear Power Plants to Power 4.5 Million Homes in Announcement Called ‘Largest in U.S. History’

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) on Tuesday announced a nuclear energy expansion it called the "largest in U.S. history," as the new power plants constructed under an agreement with ENTRA 1 Energy will eventually provide enough electricity to power millions of homes, or dozens of data centers required for artificial intelligence (AI).

TVA said the agreement sees ENTRA 1 launch a total of six small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) plants that will eventually provide up to 6 gigawatts of nuclear power across its service area, which the public electric utility said was enough to power about 4.5 million American homes, or 60 new data centers powering AI, semiconductor production.