Amazon Web Services announced investments into three nuclear energy projects, including another bid to build small modular reactors. That means, of the tech giants, it's not just Google getting oddly cosy with nuclear energy, though the specifics of Amazon's deals are a little different.
To begin with, Google's deal is a commitment to pay for power generated by the fleet of SMRs (should they be constructed before the optimistic deadline of 2035), whereas Amazon is paying money upfront in the case of their partnership with X-Energy (via Ars Technica). A straightforward investment in the company, it's arguably foundational to Amazon's other two nuclear energy deals with utility companies Energy Northwest and Dominion Energy, as they'll be using X-Energy's SMR design.
