Tech Company Amazon has recently signed a deal with Talen Energy, a power infrastructure and provider company, for 1,920 megawatts (MW) of nuclear energy to foster Amazon web servers and AI data centers in Pennsylvania until 2042.
According to a announcement From Talen, energy will be made to the company’s Susquehanna Nuclear Facility and to empower Amazon facilities in the region, with additional plans Explore the small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) Technology.
The energy will be supplied by the grid rather than directly from the nuclear plant as the first planned. This arrangement will help support grid energy maintenance through the service fees that Amazon pays.
Under the agreement, the PPL electric utility, an energy delivery company, is responsible for delivering power to Amazon. Christine Martin, president of PPL Electric Utility, said:
“Connecting large customers loading such data centers to our delivery system helps lower the delivery part of energy bills for all customers, as large customers pay significant delivery charges on our network.”
Moving reflects the growing demand for high-energy output infrastructure to powerful artificial intelligence and high-performance computing data centers as AI development becomes A Sign priority for global leaders.
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Giant techs returning to nuclear strength to fund AI ambitions
In September 2024, tech company Microsoft signed a deal with Constellation Energy Corporation at Reopen the three mile island nuclear site and empower its AI data centers.
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The 20-year deal included 835 megawatts of nuclear power delivered to the tech company, with the aim of bringing the facility online by 2028.
Recently, on June 3, social media and tech corporation Meta came up Buy 1.1 gigawatts of nuclear power From the constellation more than 20 years to the power of the AI facilities.
Moving to the generation of nuclear energy has received support from many US lawmakers and heads of politics, urging the change in front of AI to prevent the fall behind international competitors.
US president Donald Trump has repeatedly announced calls to Dedicate more resources to making nuclear strength To meet AI demands, cryptocurrency mining, and other high-performance computing applications.
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