Google has signed a deal to use small nuclear reactors to generate the huge amounts of electricity needed to power its artificial intelligence (AI) data centers.

BBC News reports that the agreement with Kairos Power will see Google start using the first reactor this decade and bring more online by 2035. No details were available about how much the deal is worth or where the plants will be built.

Technology firms are increasingly turning to nuclear sources of energy to supply the electricity used by the huge data centers that drive AI.

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"The grid needs new electricity sources to support AI technologies," said Michael Terrell, senior director for energy and climate at Google, in an October 14 blog.

"This agreement helps accelerate a new technology to meet energy needs cleanly and reliably, and unlock the full potential of AI for everyone."

The plans still have to be approved by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, as well as local agencies. In 2023, U.S. regulators gave California-based Kairos Power the first permit in 50 years to build a new type of nuclear reactor, and construction on a demonstration reactor in Tennessee started in July 2024.