Google unveils AI nuclear ambitions

Google has signed a deal to power its growing artificial intelligence
(AI) data centres in the U.S. with small, innovative nuclear reactors
that use molten fluoride salt as a coolant instead of water

GOOGLE
U.S. DATA
CENTRE
LOCATIONS

Operational

In development (D)

Kairos Power test site
Oak Ridge, Tennessee

OMAHA, NEBRASKA
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
PAPILLION, NEBRASKA
THE DALLES, OREGON
STOREY COUNTY, NEVADA
HENDERSON, NEVADA
MESA, ARIZONA
MAYES COUNTY, OKLAHOMA
ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS
FORT WAYNE, INDIANA
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TENNESSEE
JACKSON COUNTY, ALABAMA
DOUGLAS COUNTY, GEORGIA
CENTRAL OHIO, OHIO
LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA
LENOIR, NORTH CAROLINA
BERKELEY COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA

GLOBALLY
South America:
Uruguay (D), Chile
Europe:
Ireland, Netherlands,
Denmark, Finland,
Germany, Netherlands,
Belgium, Norway (D),
United Kingdom (D),
Netherlands (D)
Asia:
Taiwan, Japan,
Singapore

KAIROS POWER
NUCLEAR REACTOR

Low-pressure fluoride
salt coolant operates at
much higher temperature
than conventional water-cooled
reactors, allowing
for smaller containment
housing

Low-enriched
uranium
pebbles
instead of
fuel rods

Google has its eye on
supplying AI centres
with 500MW of nuclear
energy by 2035

Robot illustration created with aid of AI (OpenArt.ai)
Sources: BBC, Guardian, Data Centre Magazine, Kairos Power, Google

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