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Agreement signed

Capacity under contract is not energy supplied.

Open question

Who has committed to buy the output, on what stated terms, and has any energy been supplied?

  • Not established in reviewed sources: PPA price, term and whether it is binding
  • Not established in reviewed sources: Any Google payment terms for Hermes 2
  1. Earlier statementAgreement signed18 August 2025 · Joint release · Kairos Power

    Before: Not established in reviewed sources. Source: Kairos Power ↗

  2. Current stateAgreement signed18 August 2025 · Customer statement · Google (blog)

    Before: Not established in reviewed sources. Source: Google (blog) ↗

  3. Earlier statementAgreement signed2025 · Customer statement · Tennessee Valley Authority (annual report, Form 10-K, FY2025)

    Before: Not established in reviewed sources. Source: Tennessee Valley Authority (annual report, Form 10-K, FY2025) ↗

  4. Earlier statementAgreement signed14 October 2024 · Joint release · Kairos Power

    Before: Not established in reviewed sources. Source: Kairos Power ↗

Evidence detail

Agreement signed

Power purchase agreement, Kairos Power and TVA, Hermes 2 output (Google receives the clean energy attributes)

Capacity under contract is not energy supplied.

“Through a new power purchase agreement (PPA) between Kairos Power and TVA, Kairos Power’s Hermes 2 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tenn., will deliver up to 50 megawatts (MW) of reliable, 24/7 energy to the TVA grid that powers Google data centers in Tennessee and Alabama.”
Attribution
Joint release
Publisher
Kairos Power
Dated
18 August 2025
First public disclosure
18 August 2025
State before
Not established in reviewed sources
Counterparty
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Detail
Bindingness not stated
Source read
11 November 2026

Inspect primary source: Kairos Power ↗

What this does and does not establish

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