Large tech companies place bets on nuclear energy; Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and others concentrate on its resuscitation.

According to CNBC, many IT companies in the US are now returning to investigating nuclear energy choices as the desire for AI advancements raises projections of power use.

"As data center requirements push global energy demand and production to new limits, big tech firms like Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta are among the most popular companies exploring opportunities or investing in nuclear power projects," the news portal CNBC said on Saturday, December 28.

The U.S. Department of Energy, citing the news portal showcasing the tech industry's artificial intelligence aspirations, predicted that the world's electricity consumption will increase by up to 75% by 2050.

According to the news source, data centers that support AI and cloud computing may soon expand to the point where they consume more electricity than whole cities.

Mark Nelson, managing director of Radiant Energy Group, told the news portal that a new data center that requires the same amount of electricity as, say, Chicago, cannot just build its way out of the issue until they understand their power needs.

"Those power requirements. "Stay, straight through, 100% power, every day, every year," he declared.

Big IT companies are now reviving nuclear power due to its capacity to meet enormous energy demands in a more sustainable and efficient way, after years of concentrating on renewable energy.

Michael Terrell, Google's senior director of energy and climate, told the news portal, "What we're seeing is nuclear power has a lot of benefits." It is a carbon-free electrical source. It is an electrical power source that can run continuously. Additionally, it has a huge economic impact.

The news article also emphasized how nuclear energy was previously overlooked because of worries about meltdowns and safety hazards. These worries were also heightened by false information on nuclear energy.

According to the news portal's earlier story, Microsoft and Constellation Energy have reached a deal to restart a reactor at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania, the same location where the majority of nuclear meltdowns were recorded in 1979, as nuclear energy makes a resurgence in the United States.

According to the news article, Google said in mid-October that the internet giant will buy electricity from Kairis Power, a company that builds compact modular reactors.