Constellation CEO Says US Should Copy China to Meet AI Power Use
- US needs to build data centers near power plants, CEO says
- Customers are asking about ‘multi-gigawatt’ data centers
Joseph Dominguez
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To meet the surging demand for electricity to run artificial intelligence, the US should emulate China, according to the head of the power company that just inked a deal with Microsoft Corp. to reopen the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear plant.
Big technology companies are proposing data centers so massive that they could only function if they’re built alongside power plants, Joe Dominguez, Chief Executive Officer of Constellation Energy Corp., said Monday in an interview with Bloomberg News. China is already taking that approach in the AI projects it’s planning, Dominguez said.