Constellation Energy plans to invest $1.6B to revive the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania and sell all the output to Microsoft for AI energy demands.
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Constellation Energy to restart Three Mile Island nuclear plant, sell the power to Microsoft for AI
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/20/constellation-energy-to-restart-three-mile-island-and-sell-the-power-to-microsoft.html
Constellation described the agreement with Microsoft as the largest power purchase agreement that the nuclear plant operator has ever signed.
Three Mile Island was the worst nuclear accident in US history. Was mainly caused by poor design of human feedback systems which caused operational confusion and lead to a catastrophic failure.