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Google Secures 200MW Fusion Power Purchase From CFS

The follow-on investment backs CFS’s SPARC pilot in Massachusetts, supporting construction of the 400MW ARC plant in Virginia for a grid connection in the early 2030s.

A person works on the cryostat base of the fusion reactor inside the tokamak hall at Commonwealth Fusion Systems in Devens, Massachusetts, on April 10. A full-sized image of the tokamak is superimposed onto the wall.
Inside the Devens, Massachusetts, facility where Commonwealth Fusion Systems is making the powerful magnets that will be used in the nuclear fusion energy process. The company plans to build its first power plant in Virginia.
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Overview

  • Google signed the first direct corporate offtake agreement for fusion, agreeing to purchase 200 megawatts of future carbon-free power from CFS’s planned ARC plant in Chesterfield County, Virginia.
  • The company made a second capital investment in Commonwealth Fusion Systems to accelerate R&D and move its high-temperature superconducting magnet tokamak design toward commercialization.
  • CFS aims to complete its SPARC demonstration reactor in Devens, Massachusetts, by 2026 and bring the 400MW ARC plant online in the early 2030s.
  • Despite recent laboratory breakthroughs, nuclear fusion has yet to achieve sustained net energy gain or prove commercially viable at scale.
  • Google categorizes fusion as a long-term clean energy bet alongside wind and solar as it addresses surging data center power demand and rising greenhouse gas emissions.