Data Centre Magazine December 2025 | Page 110

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TIMELINE

April 2024

Google announces Axion, its first custom Arm-based CPU for data centres, claiming up to 50 % better performance and up to 60 % better energy efficiency over comparable x86 chips, signalling a major push for full-stack optimisation

October 2024

Google signs world’ s first corporate agreement to purchase nuclear energy from multiple Kairos Power small modular reactors, targeting 500MW of carbon-free capacity between 2030 and 2035

December 2024

Google partners with Intersect Power and TPG Rise Climate on US $ 20bn renewable infrastructure programme, co-locating data centres with solar, wind and battery storage to ease grid constraints
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