Kairos Power Hermes 2 Advanced Nuclear Plant
Sector: Nuclear • Location: Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
Source: CNBC
Google and Kairos Power will deploy an advanced nuclear plant connected to the Tennessee Valley Authority's electric grid by 2030. The Hermes 2 reactor developed by Kairos will dispatch 50 megawatts of electricity, enough to power about 36,000 homes. TVA has agreed to purchase the electricity from the reactor, making it the first utility in the U.S. to sign an offtake agreement with an advanced nu
- Status
- Prospective
- Sector
- Nuclear, Power Transmission, Power Generation (CCGT), Data Center, Commercial
- Location
- Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America
- Updated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Source
- CNBC
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Description | Google and Kairos Power will deploy an advanced nuclear plant connected to the Tennessee Valley Authority's electric grid by 2030. The Hermes 2 reactor developed by Kairos will dispatch 50 megawatts of electricity, enough to power about 36,000 homes. TVA has agreed to purchase the electricity from the reactor, making it the first utility in the U.S. to sign an offtake agreement with an advanced nuclear plant. The plant will be located near Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, and will help power Google's data centers in Montgomery County, Tennessee, and Jackson County, Alabama. Kairos and Google will bear the financial risk of building the first-of-a-kind project, while TVA provides the revenue stream through the power purchase agreement. |
Original sector | Energy |
Location
Country | United States of America (USA) |
State | Tennessee |
City | Oak Ridge |
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Source | CNBC |
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Record type | Project |
Sector | Nuclear, Power Transmission, Power Generation (CCGT), Data Center, Commercial |
Article published date | 2025-09-16 |
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