In a first-of-its-kind agreement, Google will purchase electricity from a nuclear fusion power plant. But the technology remains years from commercial scale.

Google will also invest again in Commonwealth, which expects its first commercial plant will generate power in the early 2030s

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,