AWS abandons data center plan next to Maryland nuclear plant

AWS has withdrawn its plans for the Calvert Technology Center, a data center campus it had proposed building next to a nuclear power plant in Maryland. The company gave no detailed public reason for the pullout.

Why it matters: Co-locating data centers with nuclear plants has been a favored hyperscaler strategy for securing carbon-free power for AI workloads. AWS backing out of one of these projects suggests nuclear-adjacent siting is running into permitting, interconnection, or cost friction, echoing the same power-constraint pressures behind Texas's recent freeze on new data center grid connections.