Source: Slashdot: Hardware
Amazon's $650 million commitment to a 12-reactor facility in Indiana shows that hyperscalers have moved past waiting for the grid—they're now directly financing nuclear infrastructure to power AI and cloud computing. Google and Microsoft have made similar moves. Amazon's choice to revive a decommissioned coal plant site offers a template for reusing stranded industrial land and avoiding years of permitting delays typical for new nuclear projects. The economics hinge on whether small modular reactors finally deliver on modularity and cost promises. If they don't, the $650 million investment becomes a test of whether tech companies' power demands have outpaced actual nuclear capability.