Oklo Signs Deal With Switch for Nuclear Power Agreement

<p><span class&equals;"bw-dateline-wrapper"><strong>SANTA CLARA<&sol;strong> &&num;8212&semi; <&sol;span>Oklo Inc&period;&comma; an advanced nuclear technology company&comma; and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cts&period;businesswire&period;com&sol;ct&sol;CT&quest;id&equals;smartlink&amp&semi;url&equals;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fwww&period;switch&period;com&percnt;2F&amp&semi;esheet&equals;54168372&amp&semi;newsitemid&equals;20241218939186&amp&semi;lan&equals;en-US&amp&semi;anchor&equals;Switch&amp&semi;index&equals;1&amp&semi;md5&equals;cc89007e5d5c182e1cfbb90663d53e95" rel&equals;"nofollow" shape&equals;"rect">Switch<&sol;a>&comma; a provider of AI&comma; cloud and enterprise data centers&comma; have signed a non-binding Master Power Agreement to deploy 12 gigawatts of Oklo Aurora powerhouse projects through 2044&period; This is one of the largest corporate clean power agreements ever signed&period; The Master Agreement establishes a framework for collaboration&comma; with the expectation that individual binding agreements will be finalized as project milestones are reached&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Under the Master Agreement&comma; Oklo will develop&comma; construct&comma; and operate powerhouses to provide power to Switch across the United States through a series of power purchase agreements&period; This enduring relationship over several decades will help accelerate Oklo’s early powerhouse deployments and also position the Company to scale in response to a growing demand pipeline&period; This Master Agreement enables Oklo to leverage Switch’s best-in-class execution while developing the financial and infrastructure model for scaling advanced nuclear&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The timescale of this Master Agreement underscores Switch and Oklo’s commitment to meeting artificial intelligence’s growing electricity demands with clean&comma; sustainable power&period; The Company believes that Switch’s industry-leading data centers&comma; which support the computing needs of some of the world’s largest companies&comma; are ideally positioned to handle AI workloads well into the future&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"bwmarginl1">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The relationship with Oklo underscores our commitment to deploying advanced nuclear power at a transformative scale for our data centers&comma; further enhancing our offerings of one of the world’s most advanced data center infrastructures to current and future Switch clients&comma;” said Rob Roy&comma; Founder and CEO of Switch&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;By utilizing Oklo’s powerhouses&comma; we aim to ensure that Switch remains the leader in data center sustainability while supporting our vision of energy abundance&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Since January 2016&comma; all Switch data centers have been powered by 100&percnt; renewable energy&comma; nearly 984 million kilowatt-hours of green power annually&period; This Master Agreement with Oklo supports Switch’s mission to build efficient&comma; sustainable infrastructure while bolstering the voluntary market for renewable and clean energy sources&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"bwmarginl1">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are excited to collaborate with Switch on this historic agreement&comma;” said Jacob DeWitte&comma; Co-Founder and CEO of Oklo&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Rob Roy and the Switch team share the vision we have for nuclear energy’s role in powering artificial intelligence and providing the world with energy abundance&period; Oklo expects to benefit enormously from Switch’s record of turning visions into reality&period; The lifespan of this Master Agreement will allow us to iterate and evolve with Switch&comma; from development to deployment to scaling&period; We believe that working with Switch will not only accelerate our early powerhouses but also accelerate our ability to scale by demonstrating customer demand for decades to come&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This Master Agreement highlights Oklo’s business model of simplifying clean energy access by selling power&comma; not power plants&period; It offers customers a direct&comma; flexible pathway to clean&comma; reliable&comma; and affordable advanced nuclear energy&period; Aurora powerhouses are planned to support growing energy demands as they are deployed in the future&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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