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Podcast: Saturday Morning with Jack Tame
Episode: Paul Stenhouse: Amazon's forays into nuclear power and election night broadcasting
Description: Amazon is joining other top tech firms with a foray into nuclear power  This deal is to explore the development of small modular nuclear reactors. AI needs massive amounts of computing power, and that requires electricity. Virginia's power demand is already growing 5% YOY and is expected to be double 2024’s level in 15 years.  In addition to that, Amazon is part of a $500 million financing round in a private company opening four small nuclear plants in the West.  The WSJ called it a "renaissance" of nuclear power. The approach seems to be a little diffe...