Microsoft to Reopen 3-Mile Island Nuclear Plant - In The Tank #466

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Chris Talgo, and H. Sterling Burnett present episode 466 of the In The Tank Podcast. Surprising news dropped earlier this week when Microsoft announced a partnership that would see the reopening of the 3-Mile Island Nuclear Plant. Despite the history of the plant suffering a partial nuclear meltdown back in 1979, Microsoft is so desperate for a source of reliable energy they are moving forward with this plan. What does this reveal about the state of big tech companies and their energy needs? What does this story show in regards to America's future energy composition? The ITT crew talks about all this and more on this week's episode.

Microsoft To Reopen 3-Mile Island 

Reuters - Microsoft may pay Constellation premium in Three Mile Island power agreement, Jefferies says (Sept 23)
https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/microsoft-may-pay-constellation-premium-three-mile-island-power-agreement-2024-09-23/

Bloomberg - Microsoft's Three Mile Island Deal Is Great News

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-09-24/microsoft-s-three-mile-island-nuclear-deal-is-great-news-for-climate-ai

  

Big Tech and the Need for Reliable Energy

Tom's Hardware - AI GPU bottleneck has eased, but now power will constrain AI growth warns Zuckerberg

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/ai-gpu-bottleneck-has-eased-but-now-power-will-constrain-ai-growth-warns-zuckerberg

NYP - OpenAI pitches Biden admin on need for massive data centers — that use as much power as a major city

https://nypost.com/2024/09/25/business/openai-pitches-biden-admin-on-need-to-build-massive-ai-data-centers/

Zero Hedge - Blackrock's Larry Fink Jumps On "Next AI Trade", Warning World Will Be "Short Power"

https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/blackrocks-larry-fink-jumps-next-ai-trade-warning-world-will-be-short-power

 

America's Future Energy Composition

WIRED - The AI Boom Is Raising Hopes of a Nuclear Comeback

https://www.wired.com/story/the-ai-boom-is-raising-hopes-of-a-nuclear-comeback/

  

39 Days Until the Election

CNN - Young voter voices: This college student is skeptical of Harris being a change candidate on economy

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-harris-presidential-election-09-25-24/index.html