The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has agreed to buy power from an advanced nuclear reactor, operated by Kairos Power, to fuel its data centers in Clarksville and Bridgeport, Alabama. This deal marks the first time a utility company has purchased power directly from a private nuclear firm’s demonstration reactor.
The agreement includes 50 kilowatts of steady electricity generated from Kairos Power’s Hermes 2 reactor, which will be fed into the TVA grid. The electricity will support Google’s energy-intensive data centers in Tennessee and Alabama. This partnership is seen as a significant step forward for the US nuclear industry, highlighting its potential to provide clean energy.
The deal comes amid growing demand for power driven by increasing use of AI and cloud computing. Industry leaders hope that this collaboration could pave the way for more nuclear energy investments in the future.
“This collaboration is an important enabler to making advanced nuclear energy commercially competitive,” said Mike Laufer, CEO and co-founder of Kairos Power. The partnership will help drive down the cost of future reactors and improve the economics of clean firm power generation in the region.
Google’s global head of data center energy, Amanda Peterson Corio, added that this deal will accelerate the deployment of innovative nuclear technologies and support the needs of its growing digital economy with firm carbon-free energy.
Source: https://eu.knoxnews.com/story/news/local/2025/08/18/kairos-nuclear-plant-tva-grid-google-data-center/85676953007