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Meta Platforms entered a 20-year agreement with Constellation Energy to secure nuclear power for its AI data centers, following a similar move by Microsoft to restart the Three Mile Island plant. The insatiable electricity and water requirements of large-scale AI facilities are reinvigorating the nuclear power industry, which had previously been in decline. Critics noted the irony of using massive amounts of carbon-free energy to fuel the creation of internet memes and social media content.
Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Restart for Microsoft
Constellation Energy announced plans to restart a reactor at the Three Mile Island nuclear site in Pennsylvania to power Microsoft's expanding AI data centers. The 20-year agreement aims to provide carbon-free energy for facilities in Virginia, Chicago, and Ohio. The reactor being restarted is not the one involved in the 1979 partial meltdown, but the move signals a rebirth of nuclear power driven by tech sector demand.
