Psalm 135:15-18 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of human hands. They have mouths, but do not speak; they have eyes, but do not see; they have ears, but do not hear, nor is there any breath in their mouths. Those who make them become like them, so do all who trust in them.
Important Takeaways:
- Microsoft AI Needs So Much Power It’s Tapping Site of US Nuclear Meltdown
- The owner of the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania will invest $1.6 billion to revive it, agreeing to sell all the output to Microsoft Corp. as the tech titan seeks carbon-free electricity for data centers to power the artificial intelligence boom.
- Constellation Energy Corp., the biggest US operator of reactors, expects Three Mile Island to go back into service in 2028, according to a statement Friday.
- While one of the site’s two units permanently closed almost a half-century ago after the worst US nuclear accident, Constellation is planning to reopen the other reactor, which shut in 2019 because it couldn’t compete economically.
- Microsoft has agreed to purchase the energy for two decades and declined to disclose financial terms.
- This is the first time Microsoft has secured a dedicated, 100% nuclear facility for its use.
- The decision is the latest sign of surging interest in the nuclear industry as power demand for AI soars.
- “There’s no version of the future of this country that doesn’t rely on these nuclear assets.”
- Wind and solar power outputs can vary, while a nuclear plant generally runs constantly and requires a customer that can take all of that electricity
- That makes tech companies selling cloud computing an ideal option.
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