Google commits to buy 200MW from forthcoming Chesterfield fusion plant
Devens, Massachusetts-based CFS said Monday it deepened an ongoing relationship with AI giant Google, the prominent subsidiary of Mountain View, California-based Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), which is set to buy 200 megawatts of clean fusion power from CFS. The power will be produced at the company's forthcoming fusion plant coming to Chesterfield County that was announced late last year.
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