Google is joining the clean energy movement by partnering with Kairos Power and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to build a small modular nuclear reactor in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

The Hermes 2 project is set to be online by the next decade and produce as much as 50 megawatts of electricity. This power will assist in powering Google's growing Tennessee and Alabama data centers that enable key services like cloud hosting, data storage, and artificial intelligence.

Next-Gen Nuclear Power Purchase Agreement

As written in the latest blog post , the collaboration is set up as a power purchase agreement (PPA), in which TVA will purchase electricity from Kairos Power and deliver the clean energy features to Google. This is a historic first as the inaugural U.S. utility buy of electricity

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