URANIUM- BIG TECH WANTS NUCLEAR! AWS hiring for data center 'principal nuclear engineer' to evaluate SMRs and nuclear fuel strategy roadmaps!
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is hiring a principal nuclear engineer to join its data center engineering power generation solutions team.
The previously unreported job listing mentions working with external partners to influence the design of "operationally efficient and safe modular nuclear plants" to support its growing cloud power demands.
The Cumulus data center Amazon acquired next to the Susquehanna nuclear power station– Talen | Cumulus
The hire is expected to have experience with the design and operation of both utility-scale and small modular (SMR) nuclear power plants, and will build the "internal and external nuclear product and fuel strategy roadmaps" for AWS data centers.
The role will also involve doing due diligence on "specific power projects," and building relations with the US Department of Energy and regulatory bodies.
"The candidate must navigate the permitting and regulatory processes to help AWS deliver capacity-enabling projects," the listing states.
The job listing comes after AWS in March acquired Talen Energy’s data center campus next to the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania for $650 million. At the time, it was said to be able to support up to 960MW. In May, AWS was granted a 1,600-acre rezoning request to develop 15 data center buildings.
With AI data center power demands increasing rapidly, just as the grid hits a capacity crunch, AWS and others are looking to utility-scale and SMR nuclear power plants.
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