Microsoft's Big Bet on Nuclear Fusion Power with Helion's Electricity Purchase Deal.

Microsoft has signed a power purchase agreement with Helion Energy to purchase electricity from a nuclear fusion generator, which could potentially provide a limitless source of clean energy. Helion Energy aims to plug in the world's first commercial fusion generator to a power grid in Washington by 2028, generating at least 50 megawatts of power. The company uses a plasma accelerator to heat deuterium and helium-3 into a plasma and then uses pulsed magnetic fields to compress the plasma until fusion happens. However, experts remain skeptical about the feasibility of achieving this breakthrough in such a short span of time and making it cost-competitive with other energy sources.