[ExI] AI reviving USA nuclear power industry

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Microsoft inks deal to restart Three Mile Island nuclear reactor to
fuel its voracious AI ambitions
By Anton Shilov, published 20 Sept 2024

<https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-inks-deal-to-restart-three-mile-island-nuclear-reactor-to-fuel-its-voracious-ai-ambitions>
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A lot of power for AI and cloud datacenters.
Modern AI data centers consume enormous amounts of power, and it looks
like they will get even more power-hungry in the coming years as
companies like Google, Microsoft, Meta, and OpenAI strive towards
artificial general intelligence (AGI). Oracle has already outlined
plans to use nuclear power plants for its 1-gigawatt datacenters. It
looks like Microsoft plans to do the same as it just inked a deal to
restart a nuclear power plant to feed its data centers, reports
Bloomberg.
Constellation Energy will invest $1.6 billion to restart its Three
Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania. The revived reactor will
provide clean electricity to Microsoft for 20 years, supporting the
tech giant's AI and cloud computing energy needs. This reactor had a
generating capacity of approximately 819 megawatts (MW) of
electricity, which is enough power for a small to medium-sized city
with hundreds of thousands of homes. The plant should be operational
by 2028, and it will serve Microsoft exclusively.
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So, every AGI will be looking after its own nuclear power station.
These AGIs wouldn't ever threaten to make their power stations go
critical, if humans don't behave, would they?
No, of course not. Stop worrying!

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