Google Data Centers Are Returning Nuclear Power to Tornado Country

December 13, 2025 Anika Jane Beamer

A destructive storm in 2020 prematurely shut down Iowa’s only nuclear plant. With Google’s plans to reopen it to power nearby data centers, will extreme weather threaten the reactor’s safety?

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