Google has signed its first corporate deal to purchase power from multiple small modular reactors (SMRs) to meet the energy needs of its AI systems, marking a key step as AI companies shift toward nuclear power.
“For the past 4-5 years, companies have actively attempted to reduce energy consumption or move to alternative sources,” said Suseel Menon, Practice Director at Everest Group. “Most recently Microsoft wound down an attempt to create underwater data centers. Given the global focus on sustainability, such companies have also explored renewable sources of energy for their operations. But these, although sustainable, can be disrupted due to natural phenomena.”
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