Google has announced today the launch of a new collaboration with the Southern Caroline -based nuclear project developer, Elementl Power, including an agreement to invest in three advanced nuclear energy projects.
The agreement comes as Google and its giant technology peers are turning more and more towards nuclear energy to help treat the growing impact of emissions from their rapid expansion data fingerprints. While Google has set 2030 objectives to achieve zero net emissions in its operations and its value chain, and to reduce 50% of its absolute combined emissions from the 1, 2 and 3 telescope, on a 2019 basis, the company recently reported that its emissions increased by 13% in 2023, and have been up 48% since 2019, while its consumption of Center de data online carbon energy projects. Google also set a goal in 2020 to operate on Energy (CFE) without carbon 24/7 by 2030, corresponding to the demand for electricity with the CFE offer every hour of each day, in all regions where the company operates.
Last year, Google signed its first advanced nuclear agreement with the nuclear technology company Kairos Power aimed to deploy a fleet of small advanced nuclear energy projects in the United States to provide up to 500 MW of carbon-free energy.
As part of the new agreement with Elementl, Google will initiate development capital at an early stage to advance the development of three projects, each to generate at least 600 MW of electrical capacity.
Amanda Peterson Corio, World Center for Data Center at Google, said:
“Google undertakes to catalyze projects that strengthen the electrical networks where we operate, and advanced nuclear technology offers reliable energy, Baseload, 24/7. Our collaboration with Elementl Power improves our ability to move at required speed to respect this moment of AI and American innovation.”
Earlier this year, Google and Meta joined a group of large companies committing to support the objective of tripling the global nuclear energy capacity by 2050. The promise notes that “the demand for energy in many industries should increase considerably in the coming years”, adding that the triple nuclear capacity “will help achieve global objectives for resilience and improved energy security, continue ”.
Established in 2023, Elementl Power develops, finances and manages nuclear projects, using new generation technology which, according to her, is the safest form of energy production.
With the support of Google, Elementl said that it made its objective to put more than 10 online gigawatts in the United States by 2035, working in collaboration with regulated public services, independent electricity producers and technology suppliers.
The president and chief executive officer of Elementl Power, Chris Colbert, said:
“Innovative partnerships like this are necessary to mobilize the capital required to build new nuclear projects, which are essential to offer safe, affordable and clean basic power and help companies advance their net net net objectives. We look forward to working with Google to execute these projects and provide electricity without a safe and carbon base to the grid. ”
