Big-tech companies dey use plenty electricity, and dem need energy solutions wey fit provide steady power wey no go spoil sustainability.

As dem dey try meet dis big energy demand, tech giants like Google don dey look nuclear power as one kind solution.

After companies like Amazon and Microsoft, Google don dey consider nuclear energy to power di big data centres wey dem dey use for artificial intelligence (AI) and other data services.

“Google dey find energy wey go meet di big energy demand and still help dem achieve net-zero emissions,” na wetin Sundar Pichai, Google CEO, tok on Thursday.

Pichai explain say di investment wey dem dey put for AI don increase di energy wey di company dey need.

Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO, don warn earlier dis year say di energy wey AI dey consume fit cause energy wahala for di world.

E tok say if new energy sources no show, di global grid fit face energy crisis.

Dis kain concern na wetin make Google and other companies dey look nuclear power as di kind energy wey fit provide steady and big power.

‘Net-zero emissions’

For July, Google set big target to achieve net-zero emissions for all di company operations by 2030.

“From 2023, we no go dey maintain operational carbon neutrality again,” na wetin di company tok for dia latest report.

Even though Google emissions for 2023 dey 48 percent higher pass wetin e be for 2019, di company energy consumption don double for di same time.

Pichai tok for one interview with Nikkei say di zero-emissions goal na big target, but dem still dey work hard to achieve am.

Di investment for AI don make di task bigger, but dem no go stop to dey try.

Shift towards nuclear power

Google interest for nuclear energy no just dey about sustainability alone.

Di company don dey explore clean energy like wind and solar for years.

But as AI dey grow, dem feel say traditional renewables no go dey enough.

Di Google CEO tok say dem don see small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) as better option.

“We dey look into more investment for solar and SMRs for nuclear energy,” Pichai tok.

SMRs dey smaller and more flexible pass di traditional nuclear plants, so dem fit work well for places like data centres.

Pichai tok for Carnegie Mellon University say di innovation wey dey go into new energy dey give am hope for di future.

E explain say Generative AI don change how Google dey think about energy strategy.

But no be only Google dey aim for zero carbon emissions.

Amazon and Microsoft don sign big deals with nuclear facilities to power dia operations.

Earlier dis year, Amazon sign $650 million deal with Susquehanna nuclear power station, while Microsoft sign 20-year agreement with Three Mile Island plant for Pennsylvania.

Even as Microsoft dey plan to be carbon negative by 2030, di emissions from dia AI activities don rise by 30% compared to 2020.

Di road ahead

Even though Pichai never tok when Google go start to use nuclear energy, di fact say dem dey explore am show say di tech industry dey shift.

Di energy demand for AI sector don reach new level, as di systems dey use plenty power to work well.

Traditional renewables like wind and solar fit no dey enough to meet di demand.

Nuclear technology, with di ability to provide steady and big electricity, fit become better option for tech companies wey dey face di same challenge.