US Power Regulator Sees Data Centers

Nuclear-power stocks slide after regulator rejects plan to power Amazon data center
Nuclear-power stocks slumped on Monday after US regulators barred a plant from supplying extra power to an Amazon data center. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rejected the deal between Amazon and Talen Energy late last week.
US regulator rejects bid to boost nuclear power to Amazon data center
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) rejected an effort Friday to allow an Amazon data center to tap into additional power from a nearby Pennsylvania nuclear plant. The decision could throw a wrench in efforts by large technology companies to secure so-called “behind the meter” power from nuclear plants as they seek to meet
Federal Regulators Reject Amazon Nuclear Data Center Deal
The denial of a power agreement tied to Amazon Web Services' nuclear data center campus could slow a potential wave of similar projects across the U.S.
US regulators reject amended interconnect agreement for Amazon data center
U.S. energy regulators rejected an amended interconnection agreement for an Amazon data center connected directly to a nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania, a filing showed on Friday.
Talen Down After FERC Rejects Amazon Data-Center Nuclear Deal
The Amazon data center is located close to Talen's Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania, as previously reported. The amended interconnection deal would have supplied more power directly from the plant to the data center. But the deal would have diverted power currently going to the general regional grid.
U.S. Regulators Mull Issues Around Siting Data Centers at Power Plants
Costs and reliability concerns related to the burgeoning trend of building energy-intensive data centers on the sites of U.S. power plants were the focus of a technical conference held on Friday by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
US Power Regulator Sees Data Centers as Critical Opportunity
Supporting the development of data centers — including providing the enormous amounts of electricity they require — is a matter of national security, a top federal energy regulator said.
U.S. regulators raise questions about siting data centers at power plants
By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) -Costs and reliability concerns related to the burgeoning trend of building energy-intensive data centers next to U.S. power plants were the focus of a technical conference held on Friday by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Regulators deliver successive blows to Amazon and Meta’s nuclear power ambitions
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Amazon Web Services Plans To Go Water Positive by 2030: This Is How
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Talen-Amazon Nuclear Power Deal Hits Speed Bump. Why Constellation Stock Is Down More.
Big tech companies need lots of electricity for their data centers, which are processing increasingly complex artificial ...
The Amazon-Talen Deal: Why It Was Stopped
Federal regulators blocked part of a plan for Talen Energy to sell nuclear power directly to an adjacent Amazon data center ...
Amazon's AI data center dream runs into the reality of 'zombie' facilities, higher costs, and labor shortages
The cloud giant's predicament highlights broader tech industry challenges as generative AI upends the status quo ...
Constellation Energy tops S&P losers list on Amazon nuclear power deal setback
Constellation Energy ( NASDAQ: CEG) -10.1%, the biggest loser on the S&P 500, in early trading Monday after the Federal ...