Three Mile Island nuclear plant to restart under Microsoft AI power deal

Unit to reopen is separate from one that suffered partial meltdown in 1979 disaster

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The Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania suffered a partial meltdown at Unit 2 in 1979 -- the most famous commercial nuclear accident in U.S. history. © Reuters

(Reuters) -- Constellation Energy and Microsoft have signed a data center power deal that will enable the restart of one of the units at the U.S. utility's Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania, the companies said on Friday.

This would be the first-ever restart of a nuclear power plant in the U.S. after shutting, and shows how utilities are benefiting from a massive surge in demand from data center operators looking to ride a boom in artificial intelligence.

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