Amazon joins the big nuclear party, buying 1.92 GW for AWS | TechCrunch

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  • Amazon will buy 1
  • 92 gigawatts of electricity from Talen Energy’s Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania
  • Amazon is the latest hyperscaler to go direct to big nuclear operators, following on the heels of Microsoft and Meta
  • Microsoft kicked off the trend last year when it announced that it would work with Constellation Energy to restart a reactor at Three Mile Island
Amazon tapped into an emerging trend this week, one thats seeing big tech firms buy power from existing nuclear power plants.The tech company will power a chunk of its AWS cloud and AI servers usi [+2644 chars]

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