In 2025, CERN announced the technical feasibility of the Future Circular Collider (FCC), which will succeed the Large Hadron Collider. This ambitious project features a 90.7 km ring that will be constructed beneath France and Switzerland at an average depth of 200 meters. The FCC aims to achieve collision energies of up to 100 TeV, significantly surpassing the LHC by at least six times. Its primary objectives include conducting highly precise investigations of the Higgs boson and exploring physics that extends beyond the Standard Model. The initial phase of the project is projected to cost around $17 billion. Notably, this is the first time that CERN has garnered interest from private investors, with a consortium led by Yuri Milner, founder of DST Global, and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, committing $1 billion. Member states of CERN are anticipated to make a final decision regarding the project by 2028, with operations expected to commence no earlier than 2040.
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