Apparently nuclear power is easy to do. 2030 it goes online, just announced today... talk about fast.

[Space Lynx]

Google adopts small nuclear power reactors at unprecedented scale — inks deal for seven reactors to feed AI data centers

Nuclear power startup Kairos Power is its partner.

www.tomshardware.com

Google just signed a deal with nuclear power startup Kairos Power to buy carbon-free electricity, with a 2030 initial delivery target and full deployment by 2035. According to Google’s blog ‘The Keyword’, the tech giant aims to deliver 500MW of “new 24.7 carbon-free power” to the U.S. power grid.

I know they are small reactors, but still. This is impressive. A holistic energy grid is very smart, really surprised government still hasn't done something like this, if a company like Google can.

 

[Mister300]

Sounds fantastic on paper but here are the challenges. Here is part of a presentation I gave on nuclear tech. There is a huge resistance to new tech due to the PWR monopoly.

 

[Vincero]

Great, the AI boom can stimulate the inevtiable nuclear boom when one of these companies slip up....

That's what we call 'synergy'...

 

[Space Lynx]

Sounds fantastic on paper but here are the challenges. Here is part of a presentation I gave on nuclear tech. There is a huge resistance to new tech due to the PWR monopoly.

Google is pretty smart with contracts, I imagine they have it built into the contract that if they fail to deliver by 2030, the price they pay goes down. That's just my guess, I could be wrong. My only thought when I saw this article, was holy crap that is fast, because even the small nuclear reactor in Wyoming that Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are building is taking a long ass time. Last I heard it was making decent progress though.

A five year turn around is impressive though (if they pull it off).

 

[DirtyDingusMcgee]

Sounds fantastic on paper but here are the challenges. Here is part of a presentation I gave on nuclear tech. There is a huge resistance to new tech due to the PWR monopoly.

Ah, the Rickover trap.