Google Goes Nuclear To Fuel Insatiable AI Data Center Compute Demand

Google has signed the first corporate agreement to purchase nuclear energy from multiple small modular reactors (SMR) to be developed by Kairos Power. The tech giant remarked the initial phase of work is intended to bring Kairos Power’s first SMR online by 2030.

As powering AI continues to put more stress on power grids around the world, companies are looking at ways of lessening the burden, while also producing greener means of energy. This is the primary reasoning behind Kairos Power and Google signing a Master Plant Development Agreement, which will create a path to deploying a US fleet of advanced nuclear power projects totaling 500MW by 2035.

“Our partnership with Google will enable Kairos Power to quickly advance down the learning curve as we drive toward cost and schedule certainty for our commercial product,” remarked Mike Laufer, Kairos Power CEO and co-founder. “By coming alongside in the development ...