Google invests $468 million in Europe’s nuclear fusion startup but urges caution

Google invested in Proxima Fusion’s significant funding round for a fusion power plant. The company aims to build Europe’s first commercial nuclear fusion power plant. Proxima Fusion is developing stellarator technology and plans a demonstrator by early 2030s. Google acknowledges fusion’s potential but notes commercialization challenges. Europe races the US and China to achieve fusion energy commercialization.