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Google agrees to buy up to 500MW from Kairos Power small modular reactors

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Source: Google

Google signed an agreement on 14 October 2024 to buy power from several small modular reactors to be built by Kairos Power, up to 500MW in total. Kairos aims to bring its initial reactor online by 2030, with more deployed through 2035.

Why it matters

It was a corporate order for a fleet of new reactors, giving SMR developers a buyer while AI data centres need round-the-clock power.

When
14 Oct 2024
ID
WTA-N-2024-0133
Who
Google, Kairos Power

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from Google. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

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Source copy: download the page as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Document the source offers: document 1 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

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WTA-N-2024-0133: “Google agrees to buy up to 500MW from Kairos Power small modular reactors.” wheresthe.ai, 14 Oct 2024. https://wheresthe.ai/d/us-google-kairos-smr-500mw-2024-10/ (source: Google).

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