Norma Field walks under power lines coming off of the nuclear plant on Three Mile Island (TMI), with the operational plant run by Exelon Generation, in Middletown, Pennsylvania. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Constellation Energy plans to restart the Three Mile Island nuclear plant and will sell the power to Microsoft, demonstrating the … Read more
Power lines and transmission towers near the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System in the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County, California, U.S., on Saturday, Feb. 19. 2022. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Artificial intelligence could strain the U.S. electric grid, as power demand from data centers is poised to surge in the coming decade … Read more
A cooling tower at the Constellation Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station in Scriba, New York, US, on Tuesday, May 9, 2023. Lauren Petracca | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tech companies are increasingly looking to directly connect data centers to nuclear plants as they race to secure clean energy to power artificial intelligence, sparking resistance from … Read more
The Dominion Energy headquarters is pictured on July 6, 2020 in Richmond, Virginia. Zach Gibson | Getty Images Dominion Energy is exploring the possibility of connecting a data center directly to a nuclear plant in Connecticut, as the tech sector hunts for carbon-free electricity to power artificial intelligence applications. The Millstone Power Station in Waterford, … Read more
