Tech giants make surprising pivot amid AI industry boom: 'Canary in the coal mine'

Tech giants make surprising pivot amid AI industry boom: 'Canary in the coal mine'

When news broke last year about Microsoft and Constellation's intent to reopen a portion of Three Mile Island, it was a signal that big tech companies were willing to look at nuclear for energy to meet growing data center power demand.  It turns out that it could be among the first trickles from a wellspring of investment in the nuclear space, as artificial intelligence is expected to drive a 165% computing energy use increase by the end of the …