Google and Kairos Power partner on 500 MW advanced nuclear project

October 16, 2024, 7:08AMNuclear News

Kairos Power and Google announced over the weekend a new power purchase agreement to provide the tech giant with 500 megawatts of clean energy by 2035.

Under the agreement, California-based Kairos Power will develop, construct, and operate a series of advanced reactor plants and sell energy, ancillary services, and environmental benefits to Google. Plants will be sited in “relevant service territories” to supply clean electricity to Google data centers. The first reactor is planned to be deployed by 2030 to support Google’s 24/7 carbon-free energy and net-zero goals.

Amazon buys nuclear-powered data center from Talen

March 7, 2024, 7:01AMNuclear News
Susquehanna nuclear plant in Salem Township, Penn., along with the data center in foreground. (Photo: Talen Energy)

Talen Energy announced its sale of a 960-megawatt data center campus to cloud service provider Amazon Web Services (AWS), a subsidiary of Amazon, for $650 million.