Google announced today that it has signed a deal with nuclear startup Kairos Power to build seven small reactors to supply electricity to its data centers. The agreement promises to add around 500 ...

Google Energy and Climate senior director Michael Terrell said: “This landmark announcement will accelerate the transition to clean energy as Google and Kairos Power look to add 500MW of new 24/ ...

Google has agreed to purchase 200 megawatts of fusion energy from Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS). That's assuming, of ...

Google has taken a major step toward the future of clean energy by partnering with Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), an MIT spin-out working to build one of the world’s first commercial fusion ...

Google signs the largest corporate fusion power deal to date, aiming to supply AI-scale energy through its partnership with ...

Google partnered with Kairos Power in October, for example, pledging to buy power from the firm’s small modular reactors. At the time, Google said the first reactor is expected to enter service ...

Kairos Power thought 150 MW would be more than enough for the data center market, but customers like Google are now talking about 1 GW data centers. This need can be met, he said, by combining a ...

Google’s datacentres used 30.8 million megawatt-hours of electricity, up from 14.4 million megawatt-hours in 2020, says the ...

Despite the excruciatingly slow pace of fusion power development, Google is willing to bet on this theoretical energy source ...

Google will also invest again in Commonwealth, which expects its first commercial plant will generate power in the early ...

Environmental Report shows a 27% surge in data center energy use due to AI, but claims lower emissions. Critics allege ...

Google's data centers have seen a significant increase in electricity use, doubling their consumption within just four years.