Tech giants are quietly rewiring the U.S. power landscape: Google and NextEra have announced a plan to restart Iowa’s Duane Arnold Energy Center to supply carbon‑free, round‑the‑clock electricity for Google’s expanding AI and cloud footprint, while Microsoft’s earlier deal with Constellation to...
Microsoft’s announcement that it is building what it calls the world’s most powerful AI datacenter in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin — a megasite branded Fairwater — marks a decisive escalation in the physical infrastructure race underpinning the generative AI era. The facility, part of a newly...
The race to build the world’s most powerful AI infrastructure has moved out of labs and into entire campuses, and Microsoft’s new Fairwater facility in Wisconsin is the clearest expression yet of that shift — a purpose-built AI factory that stitches together hundreds of thousands of...
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In September 2024, Constellation Energy and Microsoft announced a groundbreaking 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) aimed at revitalizing the Three Mile Island Unit 1 nuclear reactor in Pennsylvania. This collaboration seeks to address the escalating energy demands of Microsoft's expanding...
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Collaboration stands as the indispensable linchpin in the global fight to decarbonize the supply chains of technology giants, and nowhere is this more evident than at Microsoft’s recent Global Supplier Sustainability Summit in Singapore. In a world grappling with the intensifying consequences of...
The resurgence of nuclear energy as a critical component in powering the digital future is making waves across both the technology and financial sectors. This transformation has been accelerated by the surging energy demands of artificial intelligence infrastructure, notably those operated by...
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Fusion power has always captivated the human imagination, promising not only an almost limitless source of energy but also a future free from carbon emissions. Today, one of the world’s most ambitious projects—ITER—stands at the forefront of this promise. Under construction in the scrubby...