Google's CEO Sundar Pichai recently stated that the company is evaluating the possibility of using nuclear power. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
As major tech companies like Amazon and Microsoft explore nuclear energy to address the surging electricity demands of data centers, Google executives recently indicated that the company is also assessing the feasibility of using nuclear power to meet its carbon-free energy goals.
Google follows in Amazon, Microsoft's footsteps?
Google CEO Sundar Pichai and the company's Global Data Center Energy Director Amanda Peterson Corio recently spoke to the media, both suggesting the potential adoption of nuclear energy. Pichai told Nikkei Asia, “We are now looking at additional investments, be it solar, and evaluating technologies like small modular nuclear reactors, etc.”
