Three Mile Island nuclear plant will reopen to power Microsoft data centers

The Three Mile Island nuclear plant is seen in March 2011 in Middletown, Pa. Jeff Fusco/Getty Images

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Three Mile Island, the power plant near Middletown, Pa., that was the scene of the worst commercial nuclear accident in U.S. history, will reopen to power Microsoft’s data centers, which are responsible for powering the tech giant’s cloud computing and artificial intelligence programs.

Constellation Energy, which bills itself as America’s largest producer of “clean, carbon-free energy,” announced Friday that it had signed its largest-ever power purchase agreement with Microsoft.

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