“There is still a lot of scientific and engineering work that these companies need to complete before they produce net energy, but these companies have created a clear roadmap to commercialization for investors and the market is responding,” says Patrick White, group lead for fusion energy and safety regulation, in an email to *The Verge*.
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Those efforts are ramping up, [according to CATF](https://www.catf.us/2025/08/clean-air-task-force-releases-updated-global-fusion-map-tracking-rapid-growth-in-fusion-energy-development/) citing publicly available resources and its own discussions with individual companies and investors. The number of companies developing fusion technologies has grown, particularly in North America and Europe. You can take a look at [CATF’s fusion map](https://www.catf.us/global-fusion-map/) to see where this is all happening, including government-supported programs.
In Washington state, [Microsoft inked a deal](https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/10/23717332/microsoft-nuclear-fusion-power-plant-helion-purchase-agreement) with Helion Energy to purchase electricity from a fusion generator they think will be ready by 2028. In a similar move, Google announced an agreement in June to [purchase 200 megawatts of “future carbon-free power”](https://www.theverge.com/news/694682/google-nuclear-fusion-deal-cfs) from Massachusetts-based Commonwealth Fusion Systems, a company in which Google is also an investor.
Other experts *The Verge* has spoken to over the years say it could take [decades longer](https://www.theverge.com/23508872/nuclear-fusion-power-clean-energy-breakthrough-explained) before fusion energy becomes commercially viable, assuming developers ever overcome the engineering challenges.
“There is still a lot of scientific and engineering work that these companies need to complete before they produce net energy, but these companies have created a clear roadmap to commercialization for investors and the market is responding,” says Patrick White, group lead for fusion energy and safety regulation, in an email to *The Verge*.