Shares of exchange-traded funds that focus on companies related to the nuclear industry were leaping Friday after Constellation Energy Corp. announced it was restarting a nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island under a power-purchase agreement with Microsoft Corp.

Constellation Energy (CEG) surges to the top of the S&P 500 leaderboard, +18.2% to an all-time high above $247 in Friday's trading, after announcing a deal to restart its Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania to help power Microsoft's growing plans for artificial intelligence.

The huge power demands spurred by the AI revolution spur a drive to find new energy sources, rompting a reboot for the 1979 site of America's worst nuclear accident.

El propietario de la clausurada central nuclear de Three Mile Island, en Pensilvania, invertirá US$1.600 millones para reactivarla, y acordó vender toda la producción a Microsoft Corp. en un momento en que el gigante tecnológico busca electricidad libre de carbono para centros de datos que impulsen el auge de la inteligencia artificial.

The site of the nation's most serious nuclear reactor accident could reopen by 2028 with Microsoft as its sole customer.

America's Three Mile Island energy plant, the site of the worst nuclear accident in US history, is preparing to reopen as Microsoft looks for ways to satisfy its growing energy needs. The tech giant said it had signed a 20-year deal ,