US Moves to Restart Three Nuclear Plants to Power Data Centers

The US Department of Energy is lending up to $4.4 billion to restart the Palisades plant in Michigan, the Crane Clean Energy Center at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania and the Duane Arnold center in Iowa, restoring 2.25 GW combined. Two of the plants have contracts with Big Tech buyers seeking carbon-free power for data centers.

• DOE is lending up to $4.4 billion to restart three shuttered nuclear plants
• The three plants total 2.25 GW, enough to power roughly 2 million homes and businesses
• Constellation will spend $1.6 billion to restart Three Mile Island under a 20-year Microsoft deal
• NextEra and Google aim to bring Duane Arnold back online by early 2029