Power LLC，一家核能初创公司，筹集了6.43亿美元的私人和政府资金，以支持其在田纳西州的示范反应堆建设。
Power LLC, a nuclear-energy startup, lined up $643 million in private and government funding to support construction of its demonstration reactor in Tennessee.
该融资包括来自Google Ventures和DCVC等支持者的3.68亿美元，以及来自美国能源部的2.75亿美元融资，据Kairos首席执行官Mike Laufer透露。私人投资包括通过上月宣布的合作伙伴关系，来自三星C&T公司的7000万美元。
The funding comprises $368 million from backers including Google Ventures and DCVC, as well as $275 million in financing from the US Energy Department, according to Kairos Chief Executive Officer Mike Laufer. The private investment includes $70 million from Samsung C&T Corp. through a partnership announced last month.
Kairos是众多开发新核技术公司中的一员，也是少数获得联邦批准建设其系统的公司之一。随着美国电力需求增长，投资者和科技公司正向裂变设计注入资金，以运行耗能的数据中心。但这些反应堆基本仍未经过测试，初始部署可能伴随高昂的成本。Kairos及其竞争对手面临的挑战是寻找以降低成本建设后续迭代的方法。“继续降低成本将很重要，”Laufer在接受采访时表示。
Kairos is among a wave of companies developing new nuclear technologies, and one of a handful to win federal approval to build their systems. With US electricity demand climbing, investors and technology companies are pouring money into fission designs to run power-hungry data centers. But the reactors remain largely untested, and initial deployments are likely to come with high price tags. The challenge for Kairos and its rivals will be finding ways to build successive iterations at lower cost. “Continuing to drive down costs is going to be important,” Laufer said in an interview.
Kairos正在开发一种使用熔盐作为冷却剂而非水的先进反应堆，并预计其位于田纳西州的50兆瓦Hermes 2示范系统将在2030年启动。去年，Kairos与田纳西河谷管理局达成协议，将向Alphabet Inc.旗下谷歌拥有的数据中心供电。
Kairos is developing an advanced reactor that uses molten salt as a coolant instead of water and expects its 50-megawatt Hermes 2 demonstration system in Tennessee to start up in 2030. It struck a deal last year to sell the power to Tennessee Valley Authority for data centers owned by Alphabet Inc.’s Google.
大部分资金将用于Hermes 2项目，另一部分也将用于在新墨西哥州一处场地扩大制造能力。
Most of the funding will go toward Hermes 2, with some also earmarked for expanding manufacturing capabilities at a site in New Mexico.