text: A 2024 Goldman Sachs Research Paper,*AI Data Centers and the Coming US Power Demand Surge*, 
  found "US power demand (is) likely to experience growth not seen in a generation...." and forecasts that, 
  by 2030, US data centers will consume 8% of US power, as opposed to 3% in 2022, presaging growth for 
  the electrical power generation industry by a variety of means.[206] Data centers' need for more and more 
  electrical power is such that they might max out the electrical grid. The Big Tech companies counter that 
  AI can be used to maximize the utilization of the grid by all.[207] 
  
  In 2024, the*Wall Street Journal*reported that big AI companies have begun negotiations with the US 
  nuclear power providers to provide electricity to the data centers. In March 2024 Amazon purchased a 
  Pennsylvania nuclear-powered data center for $650 Million (US).[208] Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang said 
  nuclear power is a good option for the data centers.[209] 
  
  In September 2024, Microsoft announced an agreement with Constellation Energy to re-open the Three 
  Mile Island nuclear power plant to provide Microsoft with 100% of all electric power produced by the 
  plant for 20 years. Reopening the plant, which suffered a partial nuclear meltdown of its Unit 2 reactor in 
  1979, will require Constellation to get through strict regulatory processes which will include extensive 
  safety scrutiny from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. If approved (this will be the first ever US 
  re-commissioning of a nuclear plant), over 835 megawatts of power – enough for 800,000 homes – of 