Google announced the next step in its nuclear energy plans
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Summary
Google has partnered with the public utility Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to buy electricity from a next-generation nuclear reactor being developed by Kairos Power in Tennessee.
Once the reactor is operational in 2030, it will supply electricity to local power grids serving Google data centres in Tennessee and Alabama.
The deal is the first power purchase agreement in the US for a utility involving nuclear power at this level of advancement, according to Google and TVA.
The US nuclear industry has struggled to compete with cheap electricity from other power sources, but the deal could kickstart a new era for nuclear energy in the country.
Google is aiming to help Kairos deploy 500MW of new nuclear capacity in the US by 2035.