ArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoThree Mile Island owner seeks $1.6 billion federal loan to restart nuclear plant for Microsoft AI facilitywww.phillyvoice.comexternal-linkmessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1318
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minus-squareozymandias117@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month ago Microsoft has agreed to purchase all of the power from the reactor over the next 20 year https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/20/microsoft-taps-three-mile-island-nuclear-plant-to-power-ai/?guccounter=1 The original reporting sounded decent - Microsoft was spinning up a decommissioned reactor, everyone wins This new reporting of they can’t afford it makes it seem like a bad idea in its entirety
https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/20/microsoft-taps-three-mile-island-nuclear-plant-to-power-ai/?guccounter=1
The original reporting sounded decent - Microsoft was spinning up a decommissioned reactor, everyone wins
This new reporting of they can’t afford it makes it seem like a bad idea in its entirety