Amazon has signed three new deals to support the development of nuclear energy in the form of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). Amazon’s agreements are more like traditional upfront investments, the company said on Wednesday (Oct, 16). Google’s recently announced step into nuclear energy was a commitment to purchase power from a company if they get reactors online. Microsoft has also entered into a deal to secure nuclear energy from Three Mile Island’s owners. The tech giants are scrambling to fuel their generative artificial intelligence ambitions after it became clear that the existing US power grid is struggling to cope with the extremely high power demands of AI data centers.

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