Grim Truth Behind Microsoft’s Plan for 3 Mile Island and AI
The Grim Truth Behind Microsoft’s Plan for Three Mile Island and AI
Can AI be green? Not like this—especially when the company is also selling its AI tools to oil and gas companies.
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.
Microsoft's AI Energy Needs May Bring Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Back Into Service
The site of the nation's most serious nuclear reactor accident could reopen by 2028 with Microsoft as its sole customer.
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.
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.
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.
Microsoft wants Three Mile Island to fuel its AI power needs
Microsoft just signed a deal to revive the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. If approved by regulators, the software maker would have exclusive rights to 100 percent of the output for its AI data center needs.
Microsoft, Three Mile Island, and the Future of AI-Powered Energy Investments
Microsoft's partnership to revive Three Mile Island nuclear plant is set to power its AI ambitions with carbon-free energy
Microsoft deal would reopen Three Mile Island nuclear plant to power AI
The Three Mile Island nuclear plant, home of the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history, would restart under a deal in which Microsoft purchases all its power.
Tech 5: Microsoft Taps Three Mile Island to Power AI, Intel Shares New Strategy
All eyes were on interest rates this week as the US Federal Reserve's two day meeting took place. Meanwhile, Bitcoin and Ether rallied later in the week, but analysts are uncertain about the sustainability of their gains.
Editorial: Nuclear now: Reopening Three Mile Island is a huge boost for Pa.
Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island nuclear energy plant along the Susquehanna River near Harrisburg will soon be the first ...
Massive AI energy demand is bringing Three Mile Island back from the dead
Power-hungry generative AI models are quickly making Big Tech sizable energy requirements even more demanding and forcing ...