Google’s first nuclear reactor project is already underway. Hermes 2 will be built in collaboration with the startup Kairos Power and the public company Tennessee Valley Authority. It will be located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and will provide until 500 MW when it reaches its maximum potential in 2025.
The incursion of large technology in nuclear energy continues as the energy needs of data centers They increase incessantly for the consumption of insatiable artificial intelligence systems. It is estimated that the AI will double the energy consumption of the data centers in 2030.
The first Google nuclear reactor project includes several small modular reactors. A technology that is generally becoming the Global Energy Strategy Center of other great technology, such as Microsoft.
The SMR (for its acronym in English) are much smaller than conventional reactors and can be built in a place and then transported and installed in the final location. Although the last generation is still in the prototype stage, it seems that it is the future commitment to build its own energy generation.
Google project is part of a Public-private collaborationthat the company defines as a tripartite solution where energy clients, public service companies and technology developers «They collaborate to promote new technologies that can help meet the growing world energy needs with a reliable and affordable capacity».
«Nuclear energy is essential for the future of energy security. Google’s intervention and his help to assume the costs and risks of pioneering nuclear projects not only helps us achieve those solutions, but also avoids having to load our clients with the development of that technology »they explain from the public energy service, YVA, which collaborates with Google in the project.
It seems necessary to advance to the future. The data centers for cloud services and systems of consume an amount of huge energy. And as artificial intelligence systems expand rapidly, their energy footprint grows even faster. The latest reports say that the energy consumption of AI Even the global sustainability of the planet.
It is expected that Hermes 2 enters operation in 2030 and reach its maximum power of 500 MW in 2035.
