Microsoft Makes Its First Nuclear Fusion Deal
- The tech giant will buy energy from startup Helion Energy
- The fusion company aims to generate electricity by 2028
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Microsoft is entering into a power purchase agreement with fusion startup Helion Energy, the companies announced Wednesday. This is the tech giant’s first-ever deal with a nuclear fusion company.
Helion has plans to brings its first fusion plant online by 2028, with the goal of generating at least 50 megawatts of energy. Microsoft will buy some of that power, though it will make up less than 1% of Microsoft’s total portfolio of power purchase agreements for carbon-free energy, which currently stands at 13.5 gigawatts.