Microsoft's announcement that Fairwater — a sprawling AI datacenter complex built on the shelved Foxconn site in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin — will become the “world’s most powerful AI datacenter” is a watershed moment for U.S. hyperscale infrastructure, but it also raises immediate technical...
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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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