GoKawiilAmazon to fund 960MW X-energy nuclear plant on former Indiana coal site
Amazon, American Electric Power and X-energy announced plans to build a 960-megawatt nuclear facility using 12 Xe-100 small modular reactors at the site of a demolished coal plant near Terre Haute, Indiana. Amazon will be the first buyer of the plant's power, which AEP will operate, and it marks Amazon's second, and three-times-larger, commercial deal with X-energy following a 2022 agreement.
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The deal signals growing confidence among tech giants that small modular reactors could solve the nuclear industry's history of cost overruns and delays, as data center energy demand surges. However, the companies' broader goal of 5 gigawatts by 2039 hinges on X-energy successfully completing its first reactor project in Texas, which has not yet broken ground and faces a state lawsuit over alleged regulatory non-compliance, suggesting the Indiana timeline carries real execution risk.
- Amazon will fund and be first customer for a 960MW nuclear plant with 12 X-energy Xe-100 reactors in Indiana.
- American Electric Power will operate the plant, built on a former coal power plant site near Terre Haute.
- The project depends on X-energy's unproven Seadrift, Texas reactor site, which hasn't broken ground and faces a state lawsuit.
Source: techcrunch.com — Tim De Chant, 2026-10-19
Published there as: “Amazon to fund 12 small nuclear reactors at former Indiana coal plant”
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