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Amazon’s newest energy deal is turning heads—and sparking lawsuits.
The company has signed a 20-year, front-of-the-meter PPA that gives its Pennsylvania data-centre hub access to the full 1.9 GW output of the Susquehanna nuclear station, worth an estimated $18 billion in guaranteed revenue for plant owner Talen Energy. 📈

Supporters say it’s a master-class in keeping a carbon-free reactor alive while meeting AI’s sky-high power appetite.
Critics call it a blueprint for Big Tech to “adopt” the grid and leave the rest of us with the bill.

In the video we unpack:

How Amazon’s original “private power grab” was rejected—and how the company rewired the deal to dodge another FERC showdown.

Why Susquehanna is now the largest single-plant clean-energy contract in U.S. history.

What PJM planners fear the next capacity auction could reveal about prices.

The copy-cat risk: will Meta, Microsoft or Google chase their own nuclear PPAs?

Three signals to watch before this becomes Big Tech’s favourite playbook.

Sources & further reading

Reuters on the revised Amazon-Talen deal → https://www.reuters.com/business/ener...

FERC docket rejecting the 2024 behind-the-meter plan (ER23-1123) → https://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/fi...

PJM 2025/26 Base Residual Auction report → https://www.pjm.com/-/media/markets-o...

Talen Energy press release & Form 8-K (June 11 2025) → https://ir.talenenergy.com/news-relea...

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