Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Meta join Elemental Impact to test climate technologies in data centers
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Amy Harder
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Summary
Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Meta are partnering with nonprofit investor Elemental Impact to accelerate new climate technologies by using data centers as test cases. The initiative aims to turn the massive AI infrastructure buildout into a proving ground for innovative technologies rather than just a new source of emissions. Elemental Impact CEO Dawn Lippert emphasized that data centers serve as important customers for entrepreneurs to commercialize climate technologies that have been in development for a long time.
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