Tech corporations like Google, Amazon and Microsoft need a lot of power to advance their artificial intelligence goals and are exploring all options, including nuclear power, to realize those goals. That's why Microsoft has partnered with a utility company to restart a reactor on Three Mile Island, the positioning of the worst nuclear disaster in U.S. history. FT US energy editor Jamie Smyth explains what challenges lie ahead because the 2028 deadline approaches.
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For further reading:
The Three Mile Island restart is testing the U.S. appetite for a nuclear power revival
The rising demand for electricity within the USA is triggering warnings in the ability grid
Big Tech's push toward nuclear power
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