Can fusion power a data center?
That is one of the jobs Kronos designed the burner for. A full-length MetroVolt delivers firm, continuous power at the scale a hyperscale campus actually draws.
- Machine
- MetroVolt — the long burner (~1400 m)
- Output
- ≈ +2832 MWe firm baseload
- Why it fits
- Continuous, clean, sited near the load
- Conversion
- Direct energy conversion + thermal cycle
Data centers want three things a fusion generator can provide: large continuous power, a clean profile, and independence from congested grids. MetroVolt, the long form of the Kronos burner, is sized around +2832 MWe of firm output — the kind of load a hyperscale campus represents — and can be sited close to it.
Because it runs continuously (not intermittently), it supplies firm power without the storage overbuild that solar-plus-batteries needs for 24/7 loads. Its output comes partly from direct energy conversion, which is a good match for the DC-heavy electrical environment of modern compute.