Three Mile Island nuclear plant to help power Microsoft's data-center needs
A unit of Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island nuclear plant will be restarted as part of a new energy-sharing agreement with Microsoft, which plans to use it to power the data centers it operates as part of its push into artificial intelligence.
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 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,
The AI boom may give Three Mile Island a new life supplying power to Microsoft's data centers
The owner of the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear power plant says 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
Why A $16 Billion Deal To Revive Three Mile Island Is A Game Changer For U.S. Nuclear
In a landmark deal announced Friday, Microsoft agreed to pay $16 billion to restart the plant’s second reactor, which shut down in 2019 under financial pressure from growing competition with cheap natural gas.
Utilities Shares Jump on Three Mile Island Restart Plan -- Utilities Roundup
Shares of power producers and utilities surged after a deal between Constellation Energy and Microsoft to restart Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island, the site of the country's worst nuclear power accident,
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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Environmental groups say Microsoft's data center could harm state's clean energy goals
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Land in Bristol to be rezoned for data center
The matter of a data center was before the Bristol Town Council on Thursday night, and the public had a chance to weigh in.
Elon Musk’s New AI Data Center Raises Alarms Over Pollution
A historically Black community in Memphis, already burdened by pollution, fears xAI will worsen environmental threats.
Fort Worth approves data center in southwest development despite neighbor opposition
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BlackRock And Microsoft Raising $30B For AI Data Center Fund
The fund could be leveraged to spend as much as $100B to build data centers and energy projects to support AI.
Google says it will rethink its plans for a big data center in Chile over water worries
Google says it will halt plans to develop a major $200 million data center in Chile to address environmental concerns.
Microsoft building another data center in rising hub San Antonio
Microsoft is building another data center in San Antonio, which is becoming a hub for this type of development.
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Opinion: 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 ...