As Google’s AI energy needs skyrocket, the company recently inked a deal with Kairos Power, a nuclear power company started in 2016, to meet Google’s growing energy needs. The deal between the two companies includes plans to bring a small modular reactor online by 2030 and produce up to 500MW by 2035, according to a Google blog statement, the approximate annual consumption of 360,000 average American households. This deal comes as other tech giants such as Microsoft, Amazon, and Oracle make similar moves, investing heavily in nuclear startups or bringing back old reactors online as they seek to power their data centers.
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