Helion Energy has started construction on a plant that will use a fusion reactor to supply Microsoft with electricity by 2028.

Only problem is nobody knows how to reliably sustain a fusion reaction that creates more energy than it consumes. Which, I assume is a very minor detail to be ironed out over the next 3 years.

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@the_etrain I heard that this was no longer true, and some european experimental reactors work (and are just too small for practical usage because experimental).

But knowing microsoft, i would rather bet on them using some nice clean coal to supply energy to a non-sustainable fusion reactor.

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