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Amazon joins the nuclear power movement, purchasing 1.92 gigawatts of electricity for AWS.
Gate News bot news, tech giant Amazon will use the 1.92 k megawatts of power provided by Talen Energy's Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania to power its AWS cloud and AI servers. Following Microsoft and Meta, Amazon is the latest hyperscale company to directly partner with a large nuclear power plant operator. This deal by Amazon was announced on Wednesday, but it is not a new protocol; rather, it modifies an existing agreement with Talen. The old agreement stipulated that Amazon would build a data center next to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant and draw power directly from the facility without first delivering it to the grid. The deal was blocked by regulators over concerns that customers would unfairly bear the burden of grid operations. Currently, Susquehanna Power Company supplies power to the grid, meaning that every kilowatt-hour of power includes transmission fees for supporting grid maintenance and development. Amazon's user-side solution can avoid these fees.
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