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HELION BREAKS GROUND ON WHAT COULD BE THE WORLD'S FIRST FUSION PLANT DESPITE SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAINTY

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Helion Energy has started site work on its commercial fusion power plant. The company's first facility is scheduled to start operating in 2028. It is building a 50 megawatt reactor to power Microsoft's data centers in the region. The entire tech sector is scrambling for new clean energy sources to power the servers that support artificial intelligence. Helion has spent 12 years on research and development and building prototypes in preparation for this deployment.