Das wiedereröffnete Three Mile Island wird im Rahmen eines neuen Vertrags KI-Rechenzentren mit Strom versorgen

I have a love/hate reaction to this. I live about 50 miles from TMI. I do not fear them melting down and I do not think reactor 1 should have been turned off. I do, however, not want them turned on just to export the power out of the area. Is Microsoft planning to bring data centers to the area?

I appreciate that this would be without government assistance, but the idea of them bringing reactor 1 back online seemed like a good idea to assist in the power grid in PA…

AI centers are fast becoming objects of national security concerns that will need to be physically hardened against foreign adversaries. Powering them with nuclear (which is inevitable given the pace of scaling in their power requirements) increases the complexity and severity of those defensive requirements.

We’re not far from having nuclear-powered AI data clusters in concrere underground sites, defended by anti-air batteries, anti-personnel measures, and surveillance drones.

I don’t want to say Skynet, but…