First SMR Enters ERCOT's Queue as Amazon Pledges $1B to Host Towns
Wednesday, October 7, 2026 · 8 min
Blue Energy filed ERCOT's first small modular reactor interconnection request, planning up to 1.5 GW of GE Vernova Hitachi BWRX-300s for a Crusoe data center. Meanwhile, Amazon is pledging $1 billion to data center communities, and Taylor, Texas, votes on annexing a 500 MW campus.
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Blue Energy filed ERCOT's first small modular reactor interconnection request, planning up to 1.5 GW of GE Vernova Hitachi BWRX-300s for a Crusoe data center. Meanwhile, Amazon is pledging $1 billion to data center communities, and Taylor, Texas, votes on annexing a 500 MW campus.
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