The Department of Energy is weighing a $1.6 billion loan guarantee for plan to reopen the Three Mile Island nuclear plant with Microsoft as its sole customer.

Constellation Energy, the utility company that owns Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island nuclear plant, is expected to seek a $1.6 billion federal loan guarantee for its project to restart a reactor that would provide power to Microsoft for a new artificial intelligence data center.

The amount of energy being consumed by AI is well-documented, which is why many companies in the industry are looking toward nuclear power as a solution.

As Microsoft strikes a deal to restart a reactor at the notorious power station, Nature talks to nuclear specialists about the unprecedented process.

Tech giants, including Microsoft, are increasingly exploring nuclear energy as a power source for energy-hungry AI data centers.

The Three Mile Island nuclear plant, home of the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history, would restart under a deal in which Microsoft purchases all its power.

Constellation Energy is looking to secure federal funding from the Biden administration to restart the Three Mile Island nuclear facility within the next four years. The Baltimore-headquartered energy company revealed in September that it is looking to reopen the nuclear plant,

Constellation Energy (NASDAQ:CEG) is pursuing a $1.6B federal loan guarantee to help finance its plan to restart the Three Mile Island nuclear plant and sell the electricity to Microsoft to power data centers,