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Google has entered into an agreement to purchase 200 megawatts of power from Commonwealth Fusion Systems' future ARC fusion power plant.
The 200 MW power offtake agreement between Commonwealth Fusion Systems and Google represents the largest such deal in the fusion industry to date.
The first ARC commercial fusion power plant is planned to be built in Virginia in partnership with utility company Dominion.
Commonwealth Fusion Systems has installed the Cryostat base, which serves as the main foundation for its SPARK tokamak.
The first magnets and the vacuum vessel for the SPARK tokamak are expected to arrive at the assembly site in the near future.
The cryogenic refrigerator system for the SPARK tokamak's magnets has been installed and has begun operations.
Data gathered from the SPARK project will be used as the design foundation for future commercial fusion power plants like ARC.
Commonwealth Fusion Systems plans to publish data from the SPARK experiment to allow for external scientific validation.
Commonwealth Fusion Systems is building its supply chain by partnering with global suppliers from other industries and training them in fusion-specific requirements.
Commonwealth Fusion Systems has started filing permits and conducting community meetings for the planned ARC power plant site in Virginia.
Commonwealth Fusion Systems projects that within the next six months, it will begin installing magnets and assembling internal components within the SPARK tokamak's vacuum vessel.
Commonwealth Fusion Systems plans to conduct a 'dry dress rehearsal' for the SPARK facility, which involves operating all plant subsystems together while simulating the tokamak with software.