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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Alex Lawson

SHOCKING: Google to buy nuclear power for ai datacentres in world first deal - What They Never Told You

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Google hopes the deal will provide a low-carbon solution to power datacentres. Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters

Google has signed a “world first” deal to buy energy from a fleet of mini nuclear reactors to generate the power needed for the rise in use of artificial intelligence.

The US tech corporation 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.

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