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Kairos, TVA, and Google partner on a 50MW nuclear data center deal

News Broadcaster · Shortening the nuclear development cycle from decades to years · Sep 24, 2025 · at 8:38

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A news broadcast excerpt reports on the commercial partnership between Kairos Power, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), and Google to supply advanced nuclear energy.

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“The Tennessee Valley Authority, Google, and California-based Kairos Power announced a collaboration today. TVA will eventually buy nuclear power from that plant in Oak Ridge, which will then supply up to 50 megawatts of energy to TVA's power grid. That grid powers Google's data centers here in Tennessee and Alabama.”

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The claim, plainly

The Tennessee Valley Authority, Google, and Kairos Power announced a collaboration where TVA will buy up to 50 megawatts of nuclear energy from Kairos Power's Oak Ridge plant to power Google's data centers in Tennessee and Alabama.

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Assessment

On August 18, 2025, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Google, and Kairos Power jointly announced a power purchase agreement and collaboration. Under the agreement, TVA agreed to purchase up to 50 megawatts of electricity from Kairos Power's planned Hermes 2 advanced nuclear facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, supplying TVA's power grid to help power Google's data center operations in Montgomery County, Tennessee, and Jackson County, Alabama. All elements of the claim are verified by official corporate and utility announcements as well as independent reporting.

August 18, 2025 joint announcement by Google, Kairos Power, and TVA confirming a PPA where TVA will buy up to 50 MW from Kairos Power's Hermes 2 plant in Oak Ridge to supply clean power attributes to Google data centers in Tennessee and Alabama.
Official statements released on August 18, 2025, by TVA and Kairos Power confirming the tripartite agreement details and capacity.

Checked against

[1] kairospower.com [2] blog.google [3] tva.com [4] kairospower.com [5] world-nuclear-news.org [6] apnews.com [7] nucnet.org [8] electricperspectives.com

Kairos Power Hermes Oak Ridge TVA Google TVA Google Kairos Power collaboration agreement 50 MW Oak Ridge data centers TVA Google Kairos Power Oak Ridge 50 megawatts Tennessee Valley Authority Google Kairos Power nuclear energy agreement

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