Amazon Web Services is seeking a Lead Nuclear Engineer to support data center power solutions.
After buying a data center campus in Pennsylvania in March, Amazon is looking for engineers to work on “small modular nuclear power plants” and build a “strategic roadmap for internal and external nuclear products and fuels.”
of Job Information It also mentions working with outside partners to influence the design of “efficient and safe” modular power plants to provide carbon-free power generation solutions, which could mean Amazon is looking to develop its own nuclear reactors for commercial sale.
Reports say Data Center DynamicsAmazon has acquired the Talen Energy campus next to the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania for $650 million.
“This is madness.”
AWS plans to develop 15 data centers at the site as part of a planned rezoning of the 1,600 acres.
As Amazon looks to beef up its data centers to meet the needs of its growing artificial intelligence (AI) operations, it will join a string of mega-deals with companies looking to procure power directly from nuclear energy — a source that's been demonized by green energy activists and is suddenly trendy for multinational corporations in 2024.
Large-scale purchases are beginning to have a snowball effect on the private sector, but unfortunately they will not lower energy costs for ordinary households if power plants exist only to serve corporate consumption.
That's the case for Microsoft's latest 20-year, 835 megawatt contract with Constellation Energy. Restart the reactor At the infamous Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania.
Constellation hopes to begin operations in 2028 and keep the plant running until 2054, and will reportedly spend $1.6 billion to open its figurative doors.
Other deals include internet connectivity and data company Equinix signing a 500-megawatt deal with Oklo in April.
Okro too Agreed to build In May, it built a small modular nuclear reactor to provide 100 megawatts of power for data company Prometheus Hyperscale.
The fission startup plans to open a microreactor, but the location is still unclear. Working with Diamondback Energy In Texas.
At the same time, Constellation Rezoning Approval The company acquired 524 acres in Illinois near the Byron Nuclear Generating Station in August. transaction It provides power to 54 local businesses.
Finally, computer technology company Oracle Announced The company announced in early September that it would build a 1 gigawatt data center campus powered by three small modular nuclear reactors.
“These are small modular nuclear reactors designed to power data centers,” founder Larry Ellison said. “That's how insane this is.”
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