California is turning fusion into industry. Backed by billions in investment and home to the world’s leading fusion companies, the state is no longer treating fusion as science, but as strategy. Can California turn this momentum into economic reality?

As fusion energy races toward commercialization, the spotlight often shines on breakthroughs inside the reactor. But the real challenge may lie outside the core, in the infrastructure, workforce, supply chains, and financing systems that will turn scientific success into global impact. Here's why the future of clean energy depends on more than science.