Microsoft plans to collaborate on restarting the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in the United States to support AI business through carbon-free energy

Microsoft has signed a 20-year agreement with Constellation Energy Corporation, the owner of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant, to repair the Three Mile Island No. 1 reactor to set up the "Crane Clean Energy Center", part of the tech giant's commitment to power its artificial intelligence business with carbon-free energy. As part of the agreement, Constellation Energy will provide Microsoft with 835 megawatts of electricity and spend about $1.6 billion to bring the facility online, which is planned to be achieved in 2028. The deal still must be approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), state officials and local authorities before resuming operations. It is reported that the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant is located near the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania, USA. On March 28, 1979, a core meltdown accident occurred, which was rated as Level 5 on the 7-level system of the International Nuclear Event Scale. The Three Mile Island nuclear leak is the most serious nuclear accident in the United States so far, but compared with the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident that occurred later, the Three Mile Island nuclear leak is still within the controllable range. (Cointelegraph)