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Voltus Raises $225M for BYOC as Google Backs 890 MW of Nuclear Uprates

Friday, October 9, 2026 · 6 min

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Voltus raised $225 million to scale its bring-your-own-capacity program for data centers. Google signed a 20-year Constellation PPA backing 890 MW of PJM nuclear uprates, and a Duke Energy settlement makes hyperscalers pay upfront to connect to North Carolina's grid.

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Voltus raised $225 million to scale its bring-your-own-capacity program for data centers. Google signed a 20-year Constellation PPA backing 890 MW of PJM nuclear uprates, and a Duke Energy settlement makes hyperscalers pay upfront to connect to North Carolina's grid.

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  1. Voltus raises $225 million to scale BYOC for data centers — Latitude Media
    “A little over a year after launching the first “bring your own distributed capacity” program for data centers in the Mid-Atlantic, virtual power plant provider Voltus announced today it has raised $225 million to scale that offering even further. The oversubscribed Series D is…”
  2. Duke Energy, Amazon and Google Back Data Centre Cost Deal — Data Centre Magazine
    “Duke Energy has reached a settlement in North Carolina that would require data centres and other large-load customers to pay upfront for the grid infrastructure built to serve them. The agreement was struck between the company’s two North Carolina utilities – Duke Energy…”
  3. Google Deal Backs 890 MW of Constellation Nuclear Uprates ... — POWER
    “Hyperscaler Google and Constellation Energy, the largest nuclear operator in the U.S., have signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) designed to support $4.3 billion of upgrades at 11 nuclear units across the PJM Interconnection, which is slated to add 890 MW of…”