Yeah true seems contradictory ....
800 MW into the grid /rely less on the grid and fluctuations ....
Ok so this looks to be for a regional power requirement -
I would say in the electrical distribution and billing region of this power plant
Since the ' grid ' is fed from multiple power plants, TMI will be pumping that 800 MW into the regional grid on behalf of Microsoft, and not burdening other power plants for that load.
Why Microsoft made a deal to help restart Three Mile Island
A once-shuttered nuclear plant could soon return to the grid.
www.technologyreview.com
If Three Mile Island comes back online, Microsoft will be the one benefiting, as its long-term power purchase agreement would secure it enough energy to power roughly 800,000 homes every year. Except in this case, it’ll be used to help run the company’s data center infrastructure in the region.
This isn’t the first recent sign Big Tech is jumping in on nuclear power: Earlier this year, Amazon purchased a data center site right next to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant, also in Pennsylvania.