Google turning to nuclear startup to power its AI data centres [Video]

• Google has announced that it has struck a deal with nuclear startup Kairos Power.
• The pair will work on the creation of seven small nuclear reactors in the United States.
• The modular reactors would go towards powering the company’s hungry AI data centres.

While nearly every tech company has made significant investments in artificial intelligence over the past two years, the pervasive technology has proved quite resource hungry, with estimates about how much water is needed to keep an AI data centre up and running increasing with each new report that comes out.

As such, Google, like several other big tech firms, are turning to the nuclear power industry in order to meet growing energy demands.

To that end, Google has announced that it has struck a deal with US-based nuclear startup – Kairos Power. The pair plan to create as many as seven small nuclear reactors in the United States over the coming decade.

In fact, …