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AWS just dropped $650 million on a data center built next to a 2.5 gigawatt nuclear power station - and it still might not be enough to keep pace with surging future energy demands
The AWS acquisition will see it take over a data center complex next to a 2.5 gigawatt nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania
Amazon Web Services(AWS) has announced plans to acquire a nuclear-powered data center campus as part of a multi-million dollar deal with a US-based electricity provider. The cloud giant confirmed it will acquire the Cumulus data center complex, located next to the 2.5 gigawatt Susquehanna nuclear power station in Pennsylvania, as part of a $650 million deal with Talen Energy. The current situation means many data center operators are struggling to meet surging power requirements ranging between 300MW to 500MW, prompting a drastic shift in site selection criteria and design.
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