Google partners with nuclear startup to power its AI data centers

Search engine giant Google has struck a deal with nuclear Kairos Power to build seven small nuclear reactors in the US to power its Artificial Intelligence data centres.

The agreement aims to add 500 megawatts of nuclear electricity from small modular reactors (SMRs) by the end of the decade, the company revealed in a statement released on Monday.

In the statement, Google also mentioned that the first nuclear reactor should be operational by 2030, with the remaining ones coming in the year 2035 at most.