Tech giants desperate to power AI data centers are turning to nuclear disaster sites — despite the risks
The tech industry’s need for more power for data centers running artificial intelligence is now so desperate that companies are turning to nuclear disaster sites, despite the potential risks. Microsoft Corp.
Re-opened Three Mile Island will power AI data centers under new deal
Industry-wide, data centers demanded upward of 350 TWh of power in 2024, according to a Bloomberg analysis, up substantially from about 100 TWh in 2012. An IEA report expects those data center power needs to continue to rise in the near future, hitting the 620 to 1,050 TWh range by 2026.
Three Mile Island Set to Restart to Power Microsoft’s AI Data Centers
The shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear plant will be brought back online to sell power to Microsoft for its data centers under a deal announced Friday, as the tech giant’s energy needs rocket in the age of artificial intelligence.
AI may breathe new life into Three Mile Island to supply power to Microsoft's data centers
The owner of the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear power plant said Friday that it plans to restart the reactor under a 20-year agreement that calls for tech giant Microsoft to buy the power to supply its data centers with carbon-free energy.
Plan would power new Microsoft AI data center with electricity from Pa.'s Three Mile Island nuclear reactor
Constellation Energy is prepared to invest $1.6 billion to bring the plant's surviving reactor from the 1979 meltdown back online.
Microsoft signs deal with owner of Three Mile Island: nuclear power for its AI data centers
Microsoft has signed a 20-year deal with Constellation Energy, which will invest $1.6B in restarting its Three Mile Island nuclear plant for AI datacenters.
Microsoft announces plan to reopen Three Mile Island nuclear power plant to support AI
The shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear power plant is set to reopen and sell power exclusively to Microsoft, the tech giant announced Friday.
Constellation to restart Three Mile Island nuclear plant in deal with Microsoft
Power giant Constellation Energy announced Friday that it had inked a 20-year deal with Microsoft to supply power to an AI data center from the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania,
Microsoft (MSFT) is going to run AI data centers on power from Unit 1 reactor at Three Mile Island
Constellation Energy is set to restart its Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant in 2028 under a new name and with a new partner. Soon to be renamed Crane Clean Energy Center, the nuclear plant will supply energy to Microsoft’s AI data centers.
Three Mile Island, site of 1979 nuclear reactor accident, reopening to power AI
Three Mile Island, the Pennsylvania nuclear plant that was the site of a 1979 reactor accident, is reopening to generate power for artificial intelligence.
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