The third project that Amazon detailed today is a collaboration with utility Dominion Energy. The companies will explore the possibility of launching an SMR project near Dominion Energy’s existing North Anna nuclear power station. The plant is located in Virginia, which is home to many of Amazon Web Services Inc.’s cloud data centers.

Amazon.com Inc. and billionaire financier Ken Griffin are among the backers anchoring a $500 million investment in small nuclear reactors, a burgeoning technology that has been heralded as the next era for atomic energy.

Amazon has announced it has taken a stake in advanced nuclear reactor developer X-energy, with the goal of deploying up to 5 GW of its small modular reactors in the USA by 2039. ;