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.

The cloud computing and retail giant signed a deal to buy electricity generated by small modular nuclear reactors. Put Amazon on the list of big technology firms embracing new nuclear technologies to fuel their data centers.