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New York Goes (Even More) Nuclear | Goldberg Segalla
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Fusion42 · 24 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
New York Governor Kathy Hochul is advancing the Nuclear Reliability Backbone plan to build 5 gigawatts of nuclear capacity by redeploying existing nuclear sites (Nine Mile Point, Fitzpatrick, R.E. Ginna) to meet surging electricity demand driven by data centres, whilst facing opposition from renewable energy advocates and federal criticism of alternative solar projects.
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If you're selling to data centres in the Northeast, your power supply just got real. New York is betting 5 gigawatts of nuclear on making room for them again — which means the grid constraint that killed your last deal just moved, and the operators buying that power now have a 5-year delivery clock to hit.
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