The Department of Energy is weighing a $1.6 billion loan guarantee for a plan to reopen the Three Mile Island nuclear plant with Microsoft as its sole customer.

Can A.I. be green? Not like this—especially when the company is also selling its A.I. tools to oil and gas companies.

Constellation Energy, the utility company that owns Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island nuclear plant, is expected to seek a $1.6 billion federal loan guarantee for its project to restart a reactor that would provide power to Microsoft for a new artificial intelligence data center.

Industry-wide, data centers demanded upward of 350 TWh of power in 2024, according to a Bloomberg analysis, up substantially from about 100 TWh in 2012. An IEA report expects those data center power needs to continue to rise in the near future, hitting the 620 to 1,050 TWh range by 2026.

As Microsoft strikes a deal to restart a reactor at the notorious power station, Nature talks to nuclear specialists about the unprecedented process.

The amount of energy being consumed by AI is well-documented, which is why many companies in the industry are looking toward nuclear power as a solution.

The Three Mile Island nuclear plant, home of the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history, would restart under a deal in which Microsoft purchases all its power.

Microsoft's partnership to revive Three Mile Island nuclear plant is set to power its AI ambitions with carbon-free energy

Duane Arnold nuclear plant owner says it's weighing reopening the Iowa facility as tech giants scramble for 24/7 clean energy to power data centers.

Tech giants, including Microsoft, are increasingly exploring nuclear energy as a power source for energy-hungry AI data centers.

Constellation Energy is looking to secure federal funding from the Biden administration to restart the Three Mile Island nuclear facility within the next four years. The Baltimore-headquartered energy company revealed in September that it is looking to reopen the nuclear plant,