U.S. utility Talen Energy announced on Wednesday an expanded nuclear energy partnership with Amazon.com to supply up to 1,920 megawatts of electricity from its Susquehanna plant in Pennsylvania to Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers.

Shares of Talen Energy Corp. (TLN) surged 7.73% to $274.82 on Wednesday after the company entered into a power purchase agreement with Amazon (AMZN). Under the new power purchase agreement, Talen will supply power from its Susquehanna nuclear plant to Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers in the region and can deliver it to other sites throughout

Amazon says it will spend $20 billion on two data center complexes in Pennsylvania, including one it is building alongside a nuclear power plant that has drawn federal scrutiny over its arrangement to