Amazon Is Betting Big On Small Nuclear Reactors To Power Its Data Centers

Amazon and Dominion Energy, the $48 billion (market cap) energy behemoth, announced Wednesday that they’ve entered into an agreement to explore the development of small modular reactors, a type of advanced nuclear reactor less than 10% the size of a traditional nuclear plant, in Virginia. Amazon simultaneously announced an agreement to fund the development and deployment of small modular reactors in Washington state with the public power agency Energy Northwest.

To know more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyfeldman/2024/10/16/amazon-is-betting-big-on-small-nuclear-reactors-to-power-its-data-centers/