Environment & Energy

Amazon strikes deal to develop nuclear power at Va.’s Lake Anna

Jeff Clabaugh | jclabaugh@wtop.com
October 16, 2024, 11:20 AM

Amazon Web Services has signed three new agreements to develop nuclear power projects for energizing its massive data centers, including one with Virginia’s Dominion Energy.

The Dominion agreement includes exploring the development of Small Modular Reactors, a kind of nuclear reactor with a smaller physical footprint that allows them to be built closer to the grid, and with faster build and delivery times. The project would be near Dominion’s existing nuclear power facilities at Virginia’s Lake Anna.

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