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Three Mile Island to Reopen as Power Supplier for Microsoft AI

HeadlineSep 23, 2024

The site of the worst nuclear disaster in U.S. history, the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania, may reopen to help Microsoft fuel its artificial intelligence ambitions. The nuclear plant has been closed since 2019. The plant’s owner, Constellation Energy, is seeking to reopen it by 2028 after Microsoft agreed to buy energy needed for its growing fleet of data centers powering its AI operations.

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