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Amazon Needs More Power
The online retail giant's growing array of data centers needs juice.
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Tech companies are increasingly turning to nuclear power to fuel their energy-hungry AI infrastructure projects, including Amazon, which just announced plans for a new nuclear power plant.
The e-commerce giant announced Monday that it has signed an agreement with nuclear startup X-energy and American Electric Power (AEP) to explore building a nuclear power plant in Indiana.
Under the proposed partnership, the three companies aim to build 12 of X-energy’s Xe-100 small modular reactors at the site of the former Breed…
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