Amazon to fund 12 small nuclear reactors at former Indiana coal plant

By Tim De Chant · TechCrunch · Monday, 19 October 2026 at 16:55 (2h ago) · Original article ↗

Amazon and X-energy have inked another deal to deploy nuclear power to the grid. This one will generate nearly 1 gigawatt of electricity.

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