Microsoft has signed a groundbreaking 20-year deal to revive the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear plant to power its AI data centers.
If approved, Microsoft will have exclusive access to 100% of the plant’s output when it reopens in 2028.
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The plant, originally retired in 2019, can generate 837 megawatts - enough to power over 800,000 homes.
A near disaster at Three Mile Island occurred in 1979 when a malfunction in the Unit 2 reactor led to a partial meltdown, releasing small amounts of radioactive gas into the atmosphere. The plant has since been renamed the Crane Clean Energy Center.
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