Hacker News with Generative AI: Pennsylvania

Solar grants held hostage in Pennsylvania legislature – as demand soars (capitalandmain.com)
While Solar for All funds languish, the state continues to lag behind most of the nation when it comes to renewable energy.

Solar Energy, Politics, Pennsylvania, Renewable Energy

36 points by rntn 5 days ago | 57 comments

Kids for Cash Scandal (wikipedia.org)
The kids for cash scandal centered on judicial kickbacks to two judges at the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, US.

Scandals, Law, Corruption, Pennsylvania

5 points by lifeisstillgood 71 days ago | 1 comments

Pa. will expand its innovative 'Little Scandinavia' unit to 3 more state prisons (inquirer.com)
A pilot initiative in Chester’s state prison modeled after the jail system in Scandinavian countries will be expanded to three other state prisons, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections announced last week.

Corrections, Prison Reform, Scandinavia, Pennsylvania

11 points by pilingual 75 days ago | 1 comments

114-year-old woman is now believed to be oldest living person in North America (apnews.com)
A 114-year-old Pennsylvania woman is now believed to be the oldest living person in North America.

Supercentenarians, North America, Pennsylvania, Records, Longevity

9 points by geox 205 days ago | 0 comments

Musk Sued in Pennsylvania over $1M Election Lottery (bloomberg.com)
Elon Musk was sued by the Philadelphia district attorney over his political action committee’s $1 million a day sweepstakes targeting swing state voters in the final days of the US presidential election.

Politics, Lawsuits, Elections, Pennsylvania

14 points by JumpCrisscross 207 days ago | 0 comments

3-mile island plant and AI power (theguardian.com)
A nuclear reactor at the notorious Three Mile Island site in Pennsylvania is to be activated for the first time in five years after its owners, Constellation Energy, struck a deal to provide power to Microsoft’s proliferating artificial intelligence operations.

Nuclear Power, Artificial Intelligence, Energy, Pennsylvania

4 points by bluenose69 245 days ago | 1 comments

Three Mile Island nuclear plant will reopen to power Microsoft data centers (npr.org)
Three Mile Island, the power plant near Middletown, Pa., that was the scene of the worst commercial nuclear accident in U.S. history, will reopen to power Microsoft's data centers, which are responsible for powering the tech giant's cloud computing and artificial intelligence programs.

Nuclear Power, Data Centers, Microsoft, Artificial Intelligence, Pennsylvania

7 points by anigbrowl 245 days ago | 1 comments

Re-opened Three Mile Island will power AI data centers under new deal (arstechnica.com)
Microsoft and Constellation Energy have announced a deal that would re-open Pennsylvania's shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear plant.

Nuclear Energy, Data Centers, AI, Pennsylvania

14 points by cratermoon 245 days ago | 5 comments

Three Mile Island is reopening and selling its power to Microsoft (cnn.com)

Nuclear Power, Energy, Technology, Microsoft, Pennsylvania

12 points by belter 245 days ago | 6 comments

Pennsylvania's oil industry dumped waste across the state (grist.org)

Pennsylvania, Oil Industry, Environmental Issues, Waste Management

7 points by downvotetruth 299 days ago | 1 comments

Constellation talking to Pennsylvania on Three Mile Island restart, sources say (reuters.com)

Nuclear Power, Pennsylvania, Energy

11 points by speckx 315 days ago | 0 comments

Amazon planning large data center next to nuclear power station in Pennsylvania (datacenterdynamics.com)