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Amazon To Fund 12 Small Nuclear Reactors At Former Indiana Coal Plant
TL;DRAmazon is funding 12 small nuclear reactors at an Indiana site to power its data centers.
Why it matters: Big tech's shift to nuclear could reshape US energy infrastructure and legitimize small reactor technology at scale.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Amazon is funding development of a proposed 960-megawatt nuclear plant in Indiana and would be the first customer to buy its power, the companies announced Monday. Utility company American Electric Power (AEP) would operate…
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