Google said on Monday that it had signed an agreement with Kairos Power to buy electricity from multiple small modular reactors to meet the electricity needs of developing artificial intelligence. Google plans to buy electricity from six to seven small modular reactors, totaling 500 megawatts.
Under the agreement, the first small modular reactor is to be commissioned by 2030 and more deployments by 2035. The companies did not disclose the financial details of the agreement or where the plant will be built.
It is reported that Kairos Power's technology uses a molten salt cooling system, combined with ceramic, pebble-type fuel, to efficiently deliver heat to a steam turbine to generate electricity. This passive safety system allows the reactor to operate at low pressures, allowing for a simpler and more economical nuclear reactor design.
Just a few weeks ago, Microsoft announced an agreement with Constellation Energy to power its AI servers using energy from the now-shut down Three Mile Island nuclear power plant, which is expected to come back online sometime in 2028, IT House noted.
Microsoft also announced earlier this year that it had reached an agreement with Helion Energy to use electricity from a nuclear fusion reactor, which is also expected to come online sometime in 2028.