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Oct 29, 2025
TIME: Why the AI Industry Is Betting on a Fusion Energy Breakthrough
When Sam Altman arrived at Helion Energy’s small Redmond, Wash., office in early 2014, nuclear-fusion textbooks tucked under his arm, the company was focusing its efforts on research and development. By the time he left, several days later, he had persuaded the fusion-energy startup to chart a more aggressive path toward deployment, CEO David Kirtley recalls.
Oct 13, 2025
KRQE: Pacific Fusion opening manufacturing facility in Los Lunas
LOS LUNAS, N.M. (KRQE) – A billion-dollar fusion energy company is planning to put down roots in Albuquerque. Now, the neighboring Village of Los Lunas is also expected to be a key player in that fusion company’s work. “It’s going to be monumental and transformative for our community,” said Victoria Archuleta, Senior Economic Developer for the Village of Los Lunas.
Oct 2, 2025
Fortune: Nuclear fusion, the ‘holy grail’ of power, was always 30 years away—now it’s a matter of when, not if, fusion comes online to power AI
The breakthrough scientific moment for fusion power—and the potential for nearly limitless electricity from a so-called star in a jar—came at the end of 2022 when scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory successfully achieved “first ignition,” fusing atoms through extreme heat to generate more energy than the setup consumes for the first time ever.
Mar 16, 2025
CNBC: How the U.S. is losing ground to China in nuclear fusion, as AI power needs surge
China and the U.S. are in a race to create the first grid-scale nuclear fusion energy. After decades of U.S. leadership, China is catching up by spending twice as much and building projects at record speed.