Google , with Kairos Power, has selected Tennessee as the site of an advanced nuclear power plant that is expected to supply electricity to the Big Tech company's data centers in the U.S. southeast starting in 2030,

Google and Kairos Power are set to build a small modular nuclear reactor connected to the Tennessee Valley Authority grid by the end of the decade, a major milestone for the Big Tech giant, which plans to harness nuclear power for artificial intelligence.

Kairos Power, which is building a next-generation nuclear reactor in Oak Ridge, announced a deal with Google and the Tennessee Valley Authority on Monday.