"Fusion power industry leader Commonwealth Fusion Systems is building its first demonstration plant utilizing the same process that fuels the sun, and now it's partnering with Siemens and Nvidia to use AI to eventually help power the AI boom.Essentially marking the debut of fusion power at CES 2026 in Las Vegas, Commonwealth CEO Bob Mumgaard joined Siemens CEO Roland Busch during his Jan. 6 keynote to tout their teamwork and the ambitious plans for consistent, clean power without radioactive waste, intermittency issues, or"
"Backed by Nvidia, Google, Mitsubishi, Bill Gates, and more, Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) leads the nascent fusion sector in funding, contracts, and has the advantage of being founded earlier than most in 2018 through a spinoff from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Fusion is no longer a science project; it's actually the next big thing in tech," Mumgaard said. CFS is currently building its SPARC demonstration project outside of Boston, and just installed the first of 18 high-temperature, D-shaped superconducting magnets that power the machinery."
Commonwealth Fusion Systems is constructing the SPARC demonstration tokamak near Boston, installing high-temperature D-shaped superconducting magnets to generate fusion plasma. The company aims to produce first plasma energy in 2027 and to use SPARC to prove fusion viability. If successful, CFS plans the ARC commercial plant to come online in the early 2030s near Richmond, Virginia. Siemens emphasized the potential for fusion to supply gigawatts for AI factories and data centers. CFS has broad backing from technology and industrial investors and positions fusion as a clean, safe, affordable, and nearly limitless energy source without radioactive waste or intermittency.
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