Hacker News with Generative AI: Pennsylvania

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 22 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 24 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 62 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 62 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 62 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 62 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 115 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 132 days ago | 0 comments

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