In a first-of-its-kind agreement, Google will purchase electricity from a nuclear fusion power plant. But the technology remains years from commercial scale.

On June 30, Google announced an investment in nuclear fusion, which is a power source not yet successfully deployed globally. The tech giant revealed plans to purchase 200 megawatts of power from a proposed nuclear fusion plant in Chesterfield County,

Google has agreed to purchase power from a planned fusion power plant in the 2030s in only the second electricity offtake deal to be signed in the nascent fusion energy sector.