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Firm fusion power for data centers.
AI-era compute needs firm gigawatts, not intermittent averages. MetroVolt is the Kronos answer: a continuous, clean generator sized to sit beside the campus it powers.
- Machine
- MetroVolt (~1400 m) · ≈ +2832 MWe
- Profile
- Firm, continuous — 24/7
- Siting
- Co-located with the load
- Conversion
- Direct energy conversion + thermal cycle
The binding energy constraint for large data centers is not annual average generation — it is firmness: gigawatts available every hour, close enough to avoid transmission bottlenecks. Intermittent sources meet that only with large storage overbuilds. MetroVolt supplies it directly: a steady-state tandem-mirror generator at campus scale.
Its output is clean (low-neutron D–³He), continuous, and partly generated by direct energy conversion. Siting it next to the load removes grid-congestion risk — a structural advantage for operators racing to power AI compute.
Honest statusRequirement-class physics (the plug-density requirement) and helium-3-gated fleet economics. A designed application, not a shipping product.