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Microsoft signs 20-year deal to restart Three Mile Island Unit 1 for its power

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Source: Constellation Energy

Constellation said on 20 September 2024 it would restart Three Mile Island Unit 1 in Pennsylvania, renamed the Crane Clean Energy Center, under a 20-year power purchase agreement with Microsoft. The roughly 835MW plant is expected back online in 2028.

Why it matters

A hyperscaler signed a 20-year agreement to buy the power of a retired nuclear plant being restarted, to match its data centres’ use.

When
20 Sep 2024
ID
WTA-N-2024-0127
Who
Microsoft, Constellation Energy

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from Constellation Energy. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at Constellation Energy

Source copy: download the page as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

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WTA-N-2024-0127: “Microsoft signs 20-year deal to restart Three Mile Island Unit 1 for its power.” wheresthe.ai, 20 Sep 2024. https://wheresthe.ai/d/us-microsoft-constellation-three-mile-island-restart-2024-09/ (source: Constellation Energy).

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