The Department of Energy (DOE) released a new roadmap for the US to realize the decades-long dream of harnessing fusion energy.

It’s a commitment to support research and development efforts and pursue public-private partnerships to finally build the first generation of fusion power plants. And of course, the plan hypes up AI as both a tool that can lead to new breakthroughs and as the motivation to create a new energy source that can satiate data centers’ growing electricity demands.

The DOE is eyeing an extremely ambitious timeline, although the details on how to accomplish that are vague considering success still relies on achieving scientific breakthroughs that have evaded scientists for the better part of a century. Moreover, the burgeoning ecosystem of startups and researchers commi

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