Microsoft, Three Mile Island
Microsoft goes nuclear for its energy-hungry data centers as it bets on infamous Three Mile Island station power for its AI ambitions
Microsoft has signed a deal with one of the most infamous nuclear power facilities in the US as it looks for more ways to ensure the demand for AI computing is met. The legacy of the Three Mile Island (TMI) nuclear plant has long been shaped by the 1979 Unit 2 meltdown,
Microsoft's Three Mile Island deal: How Big Tech is snatching up nuclear power
Three Mile Island, the dormant Pennsylvania nuclear plant at the center of the Microsoft deal, became "shorthand for the risks posed by nuclear energy after one of the plant's two reactors partly melted down in 1979,
Microsoft Planning to Use Nuclear Power to Fuel AI Revolution
Microsoft plans to revive the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant to fuel its AI revolution. The deal is still to go through.
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 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
Three Mile Island nuclear plant to reopen, sell power to Microsoft
Constellation Energy announced a 20-year deal involving the restart of the plant's Unit 1 reactor, which was shut down half a decade ago.
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.
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.
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.
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Microsoft Wants Nuclear Power So Bad for AI That It’s Paying Double, Experts Say
Tech firms are willing to spend big to power the massive data centers they use to run artificial intelligence applications.
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Comment: Microsoft deal doesn’t yet signal nuclear power revival
When the Three Mile Island nuclear plant became (in)famous in 1979 for a reactor accident, Microsoft Corp. was a baby, still a year away from a landmark deal with International Business Machines Corp.
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Microsoft's Next Big Acquisition Is Enough Nuclear Power To Fuel Its AI Ambitions For Decades
Interestingly, the plant is located next to a unit that was shut down in 1979 after the Three-Mile Island accident, but it ...