Google is making a big bet on a power source that hasn’t yet been used successfully anywhere in the world: nuclear fusion. The tech company said on Monday that it will buy power from a planned nuclear fusion plant in Virginia developed by Commonwealth Fusion Systems,

Google just inked a power purchase deal with Commonwealth Fusion Systems, a company planning to build in Chesterfield County what it hopes is the world's first commercial nuclear fusion power plant. Why it matters: The planned reactor is still years away,

Alphabet's Google said on Monday it has struck a deal to buy power from a project in Virginia fueled by fusion, the reaction that powers the sun and the stars but is not yet commercial on Earth.