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Inside the Audacious Plan to Reopen Three Mile Island’s Nuclear Plant
Reopening an existing nuclear plant could address several problems, Dominguez thought. Tech companies need power 24/7 for AI ...
Opinion: When you combine AI and nuclear power, the results can be catastrophic
Big tech needs to find more energy-efficient ways to run AI data centers, and direct their major energy investments, along ...
A visit to Three Mile Island, where Constellation Energy hopes to restart a nuclear power plant
Constellation Energy is preparing to restart what's now called the Crane Clean Energy Center on Three Mile Island to supply ...
Will AI Drive A Nuclear Renaissance, Or A Natural Gas Boom?
AI is already creating a surge in reliable power demand. It is a demand that nuclear and natural gas are competing to fill.
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Data Center Nuclear Power Update: Microsoft, Constellation, AWS, Talen, Meta
Microsoft is making good progress on its PPA with Constellation to reopen Three Mile Island, but it's not all smooth sailing ...
Rare bees kill Meta’s nuclear-powered AI data center plans
Environmental regulators reportedly quashed Mark Zuckerberg’s nuclear plant partnership meant to help power Meta’s ongoing artificial intelligence projects. Details remain scarce, but the main reason ...
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Researchers develop new breakthrough approach to tackle major issue with AI — here's how it could replace current techniques
Microsoft recently took the bold step of reopening a unit of Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island nuclear plant. No matter how ...
Endangered bees stop Meta’s plan for nuclear-powered AI data center
Plans by Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta to build an AI data center in the US that runs on nuclear power were thwarted in part because ...
Japan Stops a Reactor From Starting as America Goes All in on Nuclear Power
To combat climate change, a lot of countries are spending billions on new and different kinds of nuclear reactors.
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AI’s appetite for electric power fuels interest in nuclear option
Anna Erickson of Georgia Tech explains why the public and private sectors are investing in reactor technology and restarting retired plants. The system, though, still faces cost, safety and regulatory ...
A rare bee species reportedly put an end to Meta's plans for a nuclear-powered AI data center
Meta's plans for an AI data center running on nuclear power were complicated partly by the discovery of a rare bee species ...
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Meta’s Nuclear-Powered AI Dreams Buzzkilled by Rare Bees
Inc. (NASDAQ: META) recently hit a wall in its ambitious bid to create a nuclear-powered data center, thanks to the discovery ...