Google partners with advanced nuclear developer on three sites totaling 1.8 GW

Google is partnering with developer Elementl Power to develop and prepare three sites for potential advanced nuclear projects totaling at least 1.8 GW.

The Alphabet subsidiary will commit early-stage development capital for the projects, each of which is planned to generate at least 600 MW with the option for commercial offtake once complete.

"Google is committed to catalyzing projects that strengthen the power grids where we operate, and advanced nuclear technology provides reliable, baseload, 24/7 energy," Amanda Peterson Corio, global head of data center energy at Google, said in a May 7 statement. "Our collaboration with Elementl Power enhances our ability to move at the speed required to meet this moment of AI and American innovation."

Start-up Elementl, a "technology-agnostic advanced nuclear project developer and independent power producer," will work with Google and utilities to identify and advance new projects, the companies said.

Elementl aims to bring more than 10 GW of generation online in the US by 2035.

"Innovative partnerships like this are necessary to mobilize the capital required to build new nuclear projects, which are critical to deliver safe, affordable and clean baseload power and help companies advance their long-term net-zero goals," Elementl Power Chairman and CEO Chris Colbert said.

The partners have not settled on a specific technology for the nuclear projects, and Elementl plans to evaluate potential partners for the reactor technology, engineering, procurement and construction aspects of the projects. It will seek to identify specific sites to prepare for potential nuclear plants.

Elementl co-founder and President Ryan Mills said the company launched in 2022 to serve as a catalyst for private capital formation in advanced nuclear projects.

In October 2024, Google announced a partnership with advanced nuclear developer Kairos Power to deploy 500 MW of advanced nuclear projects beginning in 2030 to power Google data centers.

Under the agreement, Kairos Power will develop, construct and operate a series of advanced reactors and sell the power to Google under power purchase agreements to provide electricity to data centers, with the first deployment planned by 2030 and subsequent deployments set through 2035.