KEY TAKEAWAYS Constellation Energy shares are surging in early trading Tuesday after the company said it had struck a 20-year deal to sell nuclear power to Meta Platforms, in the latest tech firm-to-nuclear tie-up aimed at powering data centers.

Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has teamed up with Baltimore-based Constellation to power artificial intelligence technology with nuclear energy in coming decades.

Constellation Energy Corp. agreed to sell power from an Illinois nuclear plant to Meta Platforms Inc. as artificial intelligence sends power demand soaring.