As of June 11, 2025, Talen Energy announced that it has entered into a 1,920-MW power purchase agreement with Amazon Web Services to supply data centers in Pennsylvania from the independent power producer’s majority-owned Susquehanna nuclear power plant. [1] Under the PPA, Talen’s existing 300-MW co-location arrangement with AWS will shift to a front-of-the-meter framework that doesn’t require Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approval. [2] In November, FERC rejected an amended interconnection service agreement that would have facilitated expanded power sales to a co-located AWS data center at the Susquehanna plant. [3] Talen expects to earn about $18 billion in revenue over the life of the contract at its full quantity, according to an investor presentation. The contract calls for delivering 840 MW to 1,200 MW in 2029 and 1,680 MW to 1,920 MW in 2032. Talen and Amazon will explore building small modular reactors in Pennsylvania and expanding Susquehanna’s output through uprates.
[2] https://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/filelist?accession_number=20241101-3061&optimized=false