Skip to main content

San Francisco, United States (AFP) – Google on Monday signed a deal with a California startup to get electricity from small nuclear reactors by the end of the decade to help power artificial intelligence.

The agreement to buy energy from reactors built by Kairos Power came as tech giants like Microsoft, Amazon, and Google are rapidly expanding their data center capabilities to meet the AI revolution’s computing needs.

gc/arp

© Agence France-Presse

Featured image credit: Tara Winstead | Pexels

Image of the day: Storm Bert hits the UK
Image of the day: Storm Bert hits the UKNews

Image of the day: Storm Bert hits the UK

Parts of the United Kingdom have been affected by severe floods after Storm Bert made landfall on 22 November 2024, bringing over 100mm of rain…
SourceSourceNovember 26, 2024 Full article
As Arctic climate warms, even Santa runs short of snow
As Arctic climate warms, even Santa runs short of snowNews

As Arctic climate warms, even Santa runs short of snow

By Anna KORKMAN Rovaniemi, Finland | AFP - With a month to go until Christmas, Santa Claus is busy preparing, but the warming climate and…
SourceSourceNovember 26, 2024 Full article
Image of the day: A new eruption is ongoing in Iceland
Image of the day: A new eruption is ongoing in IcelandNews

Image of the day: A new eruption is ongoing in Iceland

On 20 November 2024, the Sundhnúkur volcano near the town of Grindavík in southwestern Iceland erupted for the seventh time since December 2023. While it…
SourceSourceNovember 25, 2024 Full article