IEA: pipeline of conditional offtake agreements between data-center operators and SMR projects (up from ~25 GW at end-2024); first corporate SMR-fleet deal Google-Kairos Oct 2024 (500 MW); first utility Gen-IV PPA Kairos-TVA Aug 2025 (50 MW, Google offtake)
~45 GWobserved
| Value kind | observed — Reported measurements, counts, and specifications keep the precision and scope stated by their source; an exact specification is not treated as a range. |
|---|---|
| Scope | Conditional offtake agreements (IEA), not firm contracts or capacity under construction; not comparable with Carnegie's ~13 GW of announced nuclear deals. |
| As of | 2026-04 |
| Source | IEA, 'Data centre electricity use surged in 2025' (16 Apr 2026) |
| Review | checking…review by 2027-04-16 · fast cadence |
| Recorded changes | last 2026-10-16 · 2 revisions tracked |
| Claim id | data-center-smr-offtake-pipeline-up-from-25-gw |
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