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غوغل تكشف عن طموحاتها في مجال الذكاء الاصطناعي النووي infographic
Graphic maps Goggle’s U.S. data centres.
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غوغل تكشف عن طموحاتها في مجال الذكاء الاصطناعي النووي

By Ninian Carter

October 16, 2024 - وقعت شركة غوغل اتفاقية لتزويد مراكز بيانات الذكاء الاصطناعي المتنامية في الولايات المتحدة بمفاعلات نووية صغيرة ومبتكرة تستخدم ملح الفلوريد المنصهر كمبرد بدلاً من الماء.

Technology giant Google has signed a partnership with Kairos Power to supply six or seven small nuclear reactors to generate the amounts of power needed to feed its growing artificial intelligence (AI) data centres.

Under the agreement, Kairos Power will develop, construct, and operate a series of advanced reactor plants that use molten fluoride salt as a coolant instead of water, and sell the energy on to Google.

The first reactor is set to begin operations later this decade, with more coming online by 2035. Kairos Power is currently building a demonstration reactor in Tennessee, due to be completed in 2027.

An increasing number of tech firms are looking to nuclear energy, which is virtually carbon-free and can provide electricity 24 hours a day, to supply the vast amounts of electricity used by huge AI data centres.

Earlier this year, Microsoft reached a deal to restart operations at the Three Mile Island energy plant, and Amazon has bought a Talen Energy nuclear-powered data centre in Pennsylvania.

Google’s plans will need to be approved by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission before they are allowed to proceed.

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PUBLISHED: 16/10/2024; STORY: Graphic News
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