The nation’s largest public utility plans to buy power from an upcoming advanced nuclear plant to help fuel Google data centers in Tennessee and Alabama.

Google and Kairos Power will deploy an advanced nuclear reactor to help power the tech company's data centers on the Tennessee Valley Authority grid. The Hermes 2 reactor developed by Kairos will dispatch 50 megawatts of electricity,

Google inks first-ever U.S. utility deal for a Gen IV nuclear plant, as AI-driven energy needs revive interest in small modular reactors.