Dominion Energy, Energy Northwest, and X-energy Reactor Company LLC signed three new individual agreements with Amazon to support the development of nuclear energy projects, including enabling the construction of several new small modular reactors (SMRs).

Amazon announced at its headquarters Wednesday a deal with Dominion Energy to develop a small modular reactor in Virginia.

The digital retail and web services company led a $500 million investment in X-energy and will support the development of more than 600 MW of SMR capacity in Washington and Virginia.

Amazon backs 5 GW of X-energy SMRs by 2029, starting with a 4-unit plant in Washington. Amazon and Dominion will also explore SMR deployment in Virginia to meet growing power demand.

Amazon has a deal with Energy Northwest to fund the initial feasibility phase of a nuclear facility in central Washington, with the right to purchase electricity from the 320 megawatt plant.

The two tech giants are looking to a new generation of small modular reactors, while Microsoft has its own nuclear plans tied to the Three Mile Island plant.

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.

Amazon Web Services, a subsidiary of Jeff Bezos's e-commerce juggernaut Amazon, said on Wednesday that it will invest $500 million in small nuclear reactors to provide electricity it will need for exp