Microsoft is buying tons of carbon removal from Xprize startup Vaulted Deep
Microsoft’s data center boom has been imperiling its 2030 carbon negative pledge, so the tech giant is turning to Vaulted Deep, which operates like a reverse oil company.
GM teams up with Redwood Materials to power data centers with EV batteries
GM will send batteries — new and old — to Redwood Materials, which will assemble them into large packs capable of supporting data centers and the grid.
Meet the cement transport ship that makes cement ingredients while sailing
London-based Seabound has developed a carbon capture system that transforms CO2 from a ship’s engine into limestone, which Heidelberg Materials will use to make cement.
Amogy raises $80M to power ships and data centers with ammonia
Amogy’s technology generates power from ammonia without pollution, making it a prime candidate for decarbonizing maritime shipping.
GM to challenge China’s LFP monopoly with upgraded battery factory
The factory’s overhaul will give U.S. LFP production a significant boost.
Rainmaker partners with Atmo to squeeze more rain from clouds
Atmo will use its deep learning models to help Rainmaker identify clouds that have potential for seeding.
A cloud seeding startup did not cause the Texas floods
Despite conspiracy theories, there’s no way that cloud seeding operations days before the storm could have influenced the floods, scientists say.
LGND wants to make ChatGPT for the Earth
LGND has raised $9 million to convert geographic data into vector embeddings to power AI models that understand the Earth.
Yplasma zaps the air to cool chips for data centers
Yplasma recently raised $2.5 million to refine its plasma actuators, which can modify the flow of air.
Frontier is helping Arbor build a “vegetarian rocket engine” to power data centers
Arbor Energy’s carbon-removing power plant is inspired by SpaceX’s rocket engines.