The Biden administration released the document on Tuesday, but with President-elect Donald Trump heading back into the White House, there’s no telling whether the plan will ever become a reality. That said, the nuclear industry has gained a fair amount of bipartisan support — not to mention buy-in from big tech.

President Biden announced a new initiative to triple American nuclear energy from 2020 levels by increasing capacity to 200 gigawatts by 2050.

The Biden administration on Tuesday released a roadmap for plans to triple U.S. nuclear capacity by the middle of the century. The plan sets a goal of 200 gigawatts of new capacity by 2050, more than three times the 2020 capacity.

The U.S. announced a plan to dramatically expand nuclear power during the next few decades, as electricity demands escalate. Why it matters: The U.S. faces an increasing electricity demand amid the expansion of data centers used for artificial intelligence,

The Biden administration announced plans Tuesday to triple U.S. nuclear energy capacity by 2050 as it aims to reach its net-zero emissions goal. Under the plan, the U.S. would deploy an additional 200 GW of new nuclear energy capacity by 2050 through the construction of new small and large reactors,