Google has ordered six or seven small nuclear reactors (SMRs) from California’s Kairos Power, with the first due to be completed by 2030 and the remainder by 2035, in order to power its AI data centres in the US.

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Google has ordered six or seven small nuclear reactors (SMRs) from California’s Kairos Power, with the first due to be completed by 2030 and the remainder by 2035, in order to power its AI data centres in the US.

What could possibly go wrong?

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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/oct/15/google-buy-nuclear-power-ai-datacentres-kairos-power?CMP=firstedition_email

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Here's a more detailed examination of the implications of Google buying nuclear reactors to power its AI data centres. Each reactor can power a medium-sized city. Google plans one reactor per data centre, which shows how much power AI grabs.

#SMRs #NuclearPower #AI #Google  #InformationTechnology #InfoTech

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/16/first-edition-google-data-centres-environment