Artificial intelligence is sparking a nuclear power renaissance. On Monday, Google announced that it signed a deal with Kairos Power to back the construction of seven small nuclear power reactors to fuel growing energy consumption from its data centers. And in a separate deal late last month, Microsoft announced their plan to re-open Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island nuclear plant. Under an agreement signed with the energy company Constellation, the carbon-free energy produced by the plant will furnish reliable energy to Microsoft’s data centers while providing the local community with high-paying jobs.
Unfortunately, not everyone is happy about these developments.
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