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Amazon Web Services is investing over $500 million in nuclear power, announcing three projects from Virginia to Washington State. Amazon is the latest large tech company to buy into nuclear power to fuel the growing demands from data centers. An estimated 70% of the world’s internet traffic travels through Data Center Alley each day. “Small modular nuclear reactors will play a critical role in positioning Virginia as a leading nuclear innovation hub,” said Virginia Gov. “Amazon and X-energy are poised to define the future of advanced nuclear energy in the commercial marketplace,” said X-energy CEO J. Clay Sell.
Persons: It’s, there’s, , Matthew Garman, Bob Blue, Glenn Youngkin, Youngkin, Garman, Ken Griffin, Clay Organizations: Amazon, Services, Washington State, AWS, Amazon’s, Dominion Energy, Nuclear, Google, Kairos, Constellation Energy, Microsoft, Dominion, Gov, Energy, Fund, Citadel, Ares Management Corporation, NGP, University of Michigan, Talen Energy, Susquehanna Steam Electric Locations: Virginia, Washington, Dominion’s, SMRs, ” Virginia, U.S, Northern Virginia, Loudon County, Washington State, Northwest, Maryland, Salem Township , Pennsylvania, Talen
The first sites in Washington and Virginia would provide carbon-free energy to meet growing demand. Amazon's announcement follows recent investments in nuclear energy from Microsoft and Google amid the AI boom. Advertisement"We need smart solutions that can help us meet growing energy demands while also addressing climate change," Amazon's vice president of global data centers, Kevin Miller, said in a statement. The first sites in Washington and Virginia would provide carbon-free energy to meet growing demand through partnerships with Energy Northwest and Dominion Energy, respectively. Constellation Energy has struck a deal to provide Microsoft with nuclear power by reopening the Three Mile Island plant.
Persons: , Ken Griffin, Kevin Miller, Organizations: Microsoft, Google, Service, Tech, Amazon, AWS, Citadel, Ares Management Corporation, NGP, University of Michigan, Energy Northwest, Dominion Energy, E, Constellation Energy, Susquehanna, Electric, IEEE Spectrum, Dow Locations: Washington, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey , Ohio, Texas
Amazon Web Services is investing over $500 million in nuclear power, announcing three projects from Virginia to Washington State. Amazon is the latest large tech company to buy into nuclear power to fuel the growing demands from data centers. "Amazon and X-energy are poised to define the future of advanced nuclear energy in the commercial marketplace," said X-energy CEO J. Clay Sell. Last spring, AWS invested in a nuclear energy project with Talen Energy , signing an agreement to purchase nuclear power from the company's existing Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, a nuclear power station in Salem Township, Pennsylvania. AWS also purchased the adjacent, nuclear-powered data center campus from Talen for $650 million.
Persons: It's, there's, Matthew Garman, Bob Blue, Glenn Youngkin, Youngkin, Garman, Ken Griffin, Clay Sell Organizations: Amazon, Services, Washington State, AWS, Dominion Energy, Nuclear, Google, Kairos, Constellation Energy, Microsoft, Dominion, Gov, Energy, Fund, Citadel, Ares Management Corporation, NGP, University of Michigan, Talen Energy, Susquehanna Steam Electric Locations: Virginia, Washington, Dominion's, SMRs, U.S, Northern Virginia, Loudon County, Washington State, Northwest, Maryland, Salem Township , Pennsylvania, Talen
The search giant has struck a deal to bring new nuclear plants online to power its AI data centers. Google became the first tech giant to broker a deal for entirely new nuclear power plants after it unveiled a partnership with industry firm Kairos Power on Monday. AdvertisementGoogle CEO Sundar Pichai had previously hinted that his company was evaluating investment opportunities in nuclear power. That 86-page report didn't mention nuclear power, bar a single endnote. AdvertisementBy one estimate, a search request on OpenAI's buzzy chatbot demands around 10 times as much electricity as a general Google search.
Persons: , Power, Sundar Pichai, Justin Sullivan, Getty, Michael Terrell, Ethan Mollick, FQtUsE0L9d, lChspwoZjC, OpenAI, Yann LeCun, Sam Altman, Altman Organizations: Google, Service, Big Tech, Wharton, Microsoft, Constellation, Amazon, Talen Energy, Susquehanna, Electric, Helion Energy Locations: East Tennessee, Baltimore, Pennsylvania, Davos, Big
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