Google announces the first nuclear site to feed its data centers

The Big Tech foray into nuclear energy continues as the site of its first nuclear reactor today, as part of its With Startup Kairos Power. Oak Ridge, Tennessee, will house the Hermes 2 factory, which will provide Google 50 megawatts of electricity as part of a long -term purchase agreement with Tennessee Valley Authority (VAT).

The Oak Ridge factory is the first of a 500 megawatt agreement which includes several small modular reactors (SMR) to provide power to Google data centers in Montgomery County, Tennessee and Jackson County, Alabama. The Hermès 2 should start operations in 2030.

In a The CEO of VAT, Don Moul, said: “Nuclear is the foundation of the future of energy security. Google intervening and helping to endure the burden on the cost and risk of nuclear projects first of all a kind helps Google not only go to these solutions, but that prevents us from having to hang our customers to develop this technology.”

Google should reach its full potential of 500 MW by 2035 and was the very first company agreement to buy nuclear energy from SMRS. The financial details of the agreement were not published.