Amazon announced a series of deals Wednesday aimed at building out small modular nuclear reactors, becoming the latest major technology company to invest in nuclear energy as Big Tech contends

The cloud computing and retail giant signed a deal to buy electricity generated by small modular nuclear reactors. Put Amazon on the list of big technology firms embracing new nuclear technologies to fuel their data centers.

Amazon has a deal with Energy Northwest to fund the initial feasibility phase of a nuclear facility in central Washington, with the right to purchase electricity from the 320 megawatt plant.

They're looking to a new generation of small modular reactors, while Microsoft has its own nuclear plans tied to the Three Mile Island plant.

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),

Amazon announced Wednesday that it entered into an agreement with Dominion Energy to pay for the development of a small modular reactor as the utility explores building one at its North Anna Power Station,

Amazon on Wednesday said that it was investing in small nuclear reactors, coming just two days after a similar announcement by Google.

The technology major is leading the $500m funding round for X-Energy Reactor, a firm specialising in small modular nuclear reactors.