Tech partnerships with power companies for AI in doubt after government rejects key Amazon agreement
AMZNAmazon(AMZN) CNBC·2024-11-04 21:50

Technology companies' push to directly power artificial intelligence with nuclear plants hit a major roadblock, after a federal regulator rejected a request to increase power for an Amazon data center.The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Friday rejected a request to increase the amount of power the Susquehanna nuclear plant in Pennsylvania can dispatch to an Amazon data center campus.Independent power producer Talen Energy in March sold the data center campus to Amazon for $650 million, which would b ...