Environmental groups urge Microsoft to skip gas in favor of solar, wind to power data center
A coalition of environmental and health groups has called on Microsoft to rely on clean energy generation instead of a ...
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Microsoft: Buying Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Will Help ‘Carbon-Free Energy’ Goal
Microsoft is buying nuclear power from Three Mile Island plant to help power AI infrastructure and the software company’s carbon free energy efforts.
Three Mile Island’s Nuclear Plant to Reopen, Help Power Microsoft’s AI Centers
A deal between Constellation Energy and Microsoft will restart Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island, the site of the country’s ...
Ukraine faces winter power shortfall of one-third of peak demand, IEA says
Ukraine's electricity supply shortfall could reach six gigawatts (GW) this winter - about a third of expected peak demand - ...
Microsoft’s AI Power Needs Prompt Revival of Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant
The owner of the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania will invest $1.6 billion to revive it, agreeing to ...
Microsoft taps Three Mile Island nuclear plant to power AI
The data centers that train all the large language models behind AI consume unimaginable amounts of energy, and the stakes ...
A polluting, coal-fired power plant found the key to solving America’s biggest clean energy challenge
Xcel Energy is short-circuiting what could have been seven years of bureaucracy and red tape to solar energy to its customers ...
ChatGPT energy emergency — here's how much electricity OpenAI and others are sucking up per week
A pair of reports this week highlight the growing environmental costs of using generative AI and training LLMs. And the data ...
US nuclear plant Three Mile Island to reopen to power Microsoft
Three Mile Island, the site of America's worst nuclear accident, will restart operations to provide power to Microsoft, ...
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Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant to Restart Following Microsoft Agreement
Microsoft has signed a major power purchase agreement with Constellation Energy, paving the way for the restart of the Three ...
Georgia's new nuclear plants drive US power sector clean-up
New nuclear power plants in Georgia have helped flip the state's power mix so that electricity from clean energy sources has ...
Homeowners are getting paid up to $10,500 a year to create 'virtual power plants' to help out stressed grids
A growing number of homeowners are getting paid to leverage their rooftop solar, battery storage, and EVs to help prevent ...