Meta Platforms on Tuesday said it has struck an agreement with Constellation Energy to keep one of the utility's reactors in Illinois operating for 20 years, in the Big Tech company's first such deal with a nuclear power plant.

Facebook parent Meta announced an unprecedented deal with Constellation Energy, the largest American nuclear power plant operator, cementing Meta’s turn to turn to nuclear energy to power its energy intensive,

Constellation Energy was rising sharply after Meta Platforms signed an agreement to buy power generation of a Constellation nuclear plant in Illinois in a 20-year deal.Shares of clean-energy provider Constellation surged 12% in premarket trading.