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Is Nuclear The Key To Powering The Data Center Boom
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by Tyler Durden
Sunday, Oct 05, 2025 - 06:00 PM
Nainish Gupta is director of renewable energy certificate portfolio and regulatory compliance at POWWR.
The Three Mile Island nuclear power plant on the outskirts of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is the site of the worst commercial nuclear accident in U.S. history. The 1979 calamity, which released radioactive material into the environment, cast nuclear energy as a dangerous endeavor that few organizations pursued. Now, after years of plants shutting down, nuclear energy is experiencing a renaissance.
Three Mile Island will be restarted in 2027 as the Crane Clean Energy Center, in part to power data centers after a power purchase agreement with Microsoft. Meta also saved a nuclear plant in Illinois that was in danger of closing after signing a 1.1 GW deal. These two major deals signal a growing trend of hyperscalers embracing nuclear power and driving forward expansive new growth.
https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/nuclear-key-powering-data-center-boom