Purchase comes as US electricity system grapples with historic rise in power demand
An IPO would probably have needed to price the shares at a discount to peers with longer histories as listed companies
Negotiations come amid demand surge linked to growth in artificial intelligence technologies
Legal threats, skills shortages and regulatory challenges complicate reopening of plant at site of nuclear accident
Amazon and Google deals to deploy small modular reactors are latest step in sector’s revitalisation
Constellation Energy is set to deliver power capacity for a Pennsylvania data centre run by software titan Microsoft
Energy source enjoying renaissance as world looks to slash emissions and feed rapidly growing need
Fancy footwork meant little against the wall of EDF and the French state over Hinkley Point
Broader, more diversified businesses the goal
Multiple sets of regulators need to be mollified before takeover goes ahead