The reactors with a total capacity of 500 MW will help Kairos to commission the first commercial reactor in 2030, writes the Financial Times.
According to Google’s director of energy and climate, SMRs can play a key role in the company’s clean energy supply.
The collaboration reflects tech companies’ growing interest in nuclear power as they look for low-carbon solutions to the significant power demands of data servers.
Most recently, Microsoft announced that it would use the Three Mile Island facility, known for the worst nuclear accident in the United States, to power its data center.
The stock price of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, rose 1.3 percent since the open.
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