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Google is considering nuclear power to feed its energy-hungry AI data centers

Google CEO Sundar Pichai told Nikkei Asia that the company was "evaluating technologies like small modular nuclear reactors" to meet its energy needs.Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty ImagesGoogle could one day use nuclear energy to power its AI data centers.Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the company is "evaluating technologies like small modular nuclear reactors."Competitors like Amazon and Microsoft are turning to nuclear energy to power their data centers too.If Google CEO Sundar Pichai's hints on Thursday are any indicator, nuclear energy may one day power some of Google's energy-hungry AI data centers.Google, Pichai said, is looking for energy sources that not only meet its high energy needs but will also fulfill its goal of generating net-zero emissions.The search giant aims to achieve net-zero emissions across all of its operations by 2030."It was a very ambitious target and we are still going to be working very ambitiously towards it.

 

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