Microsoft deal would reopen Pennsylvania nuclear plant, site of 1979 partial meltdown, to power AI

A new agreement between Microsoft and Constellation Energy Corporation to provide power to the tech giant’s data centers for artificial intelligence is paving the way for the restart of a nuclear reactor on Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island, the site of a 1979 partial meltdown.  The Baltimore-based Constellation announced Friday that the 20-year deal it has struck with Microsoft will create the "Crane Clean Energy Center and restart of Three Mile Island Unit 1, which operated at industry-leading levels of sa ...