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.
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.
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.
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.
Microsoft taps Three Mile Island nuclear plant to power AI
The data centers that train the large language models behind AI consume unimaginable amounts of energy, and the stakes are high for big tech companies to
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,
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.
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.
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Iberdrola Seeks AI Data Center Stake in Spain Joint Venture
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