Tech giant Google announced on October 14 that it will purchase nuclear power to supply energy to its AI data centres. The company plans to address the high electricity demand propelled by its AI development.
Google signed an agreement with California-based Kairos Power to purchase nuclear energy produced by it. As part of the agreement, Google will harness nuclear energy from multiple small modular reactors (SMRs) to be safely developed and brought online by Kairos by 2030.
Earlier in July, the tech giant announced that it had already started using AI for climate action, considering its environmental impacts and responsibly managing its use.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced on X, “It’s the latest step in our history of accelerating clean energy sources and will help support AI investments.”
Today we signed a pioneering agreement to purchase clean energy in the US from @KairosPower, a leader in building small modular nuclear reactors. It’s the latest step in our …