Google Partners with Kairos Power: The Tech Giant Turns to Nuclear Power to Support Growing AI Energy Demands

As tech corporations increasingly turn to nuclear power to meet the expanding energy demands of data centers, Google announced Monday that it will buy power from Kairos Power, a small modular reactor manufacturer. In addition to making a long-term commitment to speed up commercialization, Google claimed that buying from several SMRs sends a significant demand signal to the market.

We believe that nuclear energy has a critical role to play in supporting our clean growth and helping to deliver on the progress of AI. The grid needs these kinds of clean, reliable sources of energy that can support the build out of these technologies. … We feel like nuclear can play an important role in helping to meet our demand, and helping meet our demand cleanly, in a way that’s more around the clock.

Michael Terrell, senior director for energy and climate at Google

Kairos Power and the Tech Industry: A Growing Partnership for Sustainable Energy Solutions

Established in 2016, Kairos Power is supported by the Department of Energy. The business started building the Hermes Low-Power Demonstration Reactor in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in July. Kairos Power employs molten fluoride salt as the reactor coolant instead of water, which is typically utilized in nuclear reactors.

The announcement made on Monday is just one more illustration of the expanding alliance between nuclear power and tech industries. Data centers require dependable electricity around the clock, and nuclear power is currently the sole source of baseload power that produces no emissions. Many hyperscalers are using nuclear power because they have aggressive emissions-reduction goals.

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