Amazon’s nuclear energy deals will enable the construction of new small modular reactors. Here’s what to know

The e-commerce giant has become the latest Big Tech company to lean into nuclear power as artificial intelligence tools demand more energy.

Today, Amazon’s subsidiary in-cloud computing, Amazon Web Services (AWS), announced the signing of three new agreements to support the development of nuclear energy projects. The deals will enable, among other things, the construction of various new small modular reactors, or SMRs, Amazon said on Wednesday.