These somewhat unlikely partnerships could be a win for both the nuclear power industry and large tech companies. For nuclear plant operators and nuclear technology developers, the financial support of massive established customers could help keep old nuclear power plants open and push new technologies forward. Many of these tech companies will require large amounts of power in the next three to five years, White says, but building new nuclear plants can take close to a decade. The rush could increase global data center power demand by as much as 165% by 2030, according to one recent analysis from Goldman Sachs. But even the most measured projections, in analyses like one recent report from the International Energy Agency, predict that energy demand will increase.