Google buys energy from modular nuclear reactors

Google on Monday signed agreement with the energy provider Kairos Power, thanks to which the search giant purchases electricity from nuclear reactors for the development and operation of resource-intensive artificial intelligence services. By installing small modular nuclear reactors (SMR), the company is confident that it can also keep sustainability in mind with a clean, reliable source of energy. The parties did not disclose the financial terms of the deal.

According to the cooperation, Kairos Power will build the reactor until 2030, which will be followed by new reactors until 2035, Google will buy 500 megawatts from the total of 6-7 reactors. Since the energy startup does not yet have a ready-made SMR, the partnership is also useful for its development project. Kairos, however, still needs to obtain a number of permits, which could take years.

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In this area, Microsoft does not delay either: the energy industry company Constellation Energy announced at the end of September that the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant will be restarted plans, with the goal of the facility helping to serve Microsoft’s huge energy needs as the tech giant makes data center investments in the age of generative artificial intelligence.

Constellation is investing $1.6 billion to restart the plant by 2028, including nuclear fuel. Microsoft will buy electricity from the plant under a 20-year agreement to match the energy consumed by the data centers with carbon-free energy.

Analysts expect data center electricity demand to soar in the coming decades, with various AI technologies threatening to strain the power grid. Although estimates vary, Goldman Sachs predicts that data centers will consume 8% of total US electricity demand by 2030, up from 3% today.

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