Executive Summary
Generated July 30, 2026
Energy & Utilities
TerraPower
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Headquarters
Bellevue, Washington, USA
Website
Employees
900 (2026, approximate)
Founded
2008
Listing
private
Overview
A Bill Gates-founded advanced nuclear company developing the Natrium sodium-cooled fast reactor with integrated molten-salt energy storage. TerraPower closed a $650 million fundraise backed by NVIDIA, and signed an agreement with Meta in January 2026 to develop up to 8 Natrium reactor and energy storage plants -- Meta's largest advanced-nuclear commitment to date -- providing up to 2.1 gigawatts of power by 2035, on top of a separate deal for Meta's Prometheus AI data center in Ohio alongside Oklo and Vistra.
Strategic Connections
- NVIDIA: NVIDIA backed TerraPower's $650 million fundraise and its Omniverse platform underpins TerraPower's AI-powered digital-twin site engineering tools.
- Meta: TerraPower signed an agreement with Meta to develop up to 8 Natrium reactor and energy storage plants, Meta's largest advanced-nuclear commitment to date, and is part of Meta's Prometheus AI data center power supply in Ohio.
- Advanced Nuclear for AI Data Centers: TerraPower closed a $650 million fundraise backed by NVIDIA and signed an agreement with Meta for up to 8 Natrium reactor plants providing up to 2.1 GW of power by 2035.
- X-energy: TerraPower competes with X-energy, Oklo and Kairos Power in the advanced nuclear reactor market for AI data center power.
- Oklo: TerraPower competes with Oklo, X-energy and Kairos Power in the advanced nuclear reactor market for AI data center power, while also partnering with Oklo on Meta's Prometheus data center.
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Strategic Risks
- Natrium reactor is a first-of-a-kind commercial design with construction and regulatory execution risk ahead of 2032 delivery target
- Long lead times (2032-2035) for contracted capacity create a multi-year gap between commitment and delivered power for hyperscaler customers
Future Outlook
- Initial Natrium units targeted for delivery as early as 2032, testing execution against Meta's aggressive multi-gigawatt roadmap
- Continued use of AI-powered digital-twin tools (built on NVIDIA Omniverse) to compress site engineering timelines across future reactor deployments
Sources
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