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The proposed nuclear plant would provide 960 megawatts to power the grid — and Amazon’s data centers
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Amazon has signed an agreement with X-energy and American Electric Power (AEP) to fund the building of a new nuclear energy facility in Indiana.
Key facts
- It was abandoned half-finished in 1983 after $2.5 billion had already been sunk into it, and has been under continued demolition since 2008
- The facility in Indiana is targeting to build 12 Xe-100 SMR’s, an advanced (but unproven) reactor that’s still undergoing development and licensing
- No timeline for construction or operation has been announced for the facility, which Amazon says “could” create 1,000 construction jobs and 100 permanent roles
- This marks the second nuclear energy project that Amazon and X-energy are collaborating on, with the collective goal of working with regional utilities to deploy more than 5 gigawatts of new nuclear
Summary
The proposed nuclear plant would provide 960 megawatts to power the grid, and Amazon’s data centers. No timeline for construction or operation has been announced for the facility, which Amazon says “could” create 1,000 construction jobs and 100 permanent roles. An Amazon data center could have the worst polluting power plant in the country. Indiana also happens to be home to a famously expensive and uncompleted energy project called the Marble Hill Nuclear Power Plant.