2024-10-15
As @atrembath and I wrote last week, the AI electricity demand boom is game changing for nuclear and has larger implications for the future of low carbon electricity. Google's bet on Kairos also tells us a lot about the future of nuclear in the US. For a variety of logistical,
Wall Street Journal
Google signs an deal to buy nuclear energy generated from multiple small modular reactors developed by US-based Kairos Power, targeting 500 MW by 2035
Startup Kairos Power plans to build small reactors to help supply electricity to the tech company's data centers, in a first-of-its-kind deal in the U.S.
Huge move from @Google. It's one thing to reopen old plants, quite another to commit to new build of advanced non-LWR SMR. A big boost to the future of nuclear. https://www.wsj.com/...
Wall Street Journal
Google signs an deal to buy nuclear energy generated from multiple small modular reactors developed by US-based Kairos Power, targeting 500 MW by 2035
Startup Kairos Power plans to build small reactors to help supply electricity to the tech company's data centers, in a first-of-its-kind deal in the U.S.