The e-commerce and cloud computing leader is banking on small modular reactors to fuel its AI ambitions—and cut carbon emissions in the process

Amazon is placing a multibillion-dollar wager on advanced nuclear energy, unveiling plans for what could become one of the first small modular reactor facilities in the United States as the tech giant races to secure carbon-free power for its expanding artificial intelligence and cloud computing operations.

The Cascade Advanced Energy Facility, set to be built near Richland, Washington, represents Amazon’s most ambitious move yet into nuclear power—a sector that has seen renewed interest from technology companies struggling to balance explosive energy demand from AI workloads with aggressive sustainability commitments.

The facility, developed in

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