Google announces Tennessee as site for small modular nuclear reactor

Google, with Kairos Power, has selected Tennessee as the site of an advanced nuclear power plant that is expected to supply electricity to the Big Tech company’s data centers in the US southeast starting in 2030, the companies said on Monday.

Why it matters?

Big Tech is requiring massive amounts of electricity to scale up technologies like generative artificial intelligence in energy-intensive data centers. Those record energy needs are driving US power consumption to new highs and propelling the development of fresh power sources like next-generation…