GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Microsoft contractors mixed test slabs of lower-carbon concrete at the site of a new data center in Quincy, Wash. Dan DeLong Photo for Microsoft) Microsoft is building 120 new data centers this year alone, and operates more than 300 of the server hubs worldwide. So the Redmond, Wash.-based

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GeekWire

MARCH 1, 2023

The related storage and computing operations rely on massive data centers around the world that are packed with computers that chug energy 24 hours a day. Both businesses need low-carbon steel and concrete as they build out data centers or corporate office buildings. Click to enlarge.

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GeekWire

MAY 30, 2024

The team developed its own technology to capture the carbon with a filter that includes a solid, non-toxic sorbent material. But many of these technologies and markets are still being developed and there’s more carbon available than there is demand for it. Shane Johnson, co-founder, CEO and president of CarbonQuest.

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GeekWire

APRIL 20, 2021

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory chemical engineer Dushyant Barpagaare is using a laboratory continuous flow system to study solvents that can capture carbon from the air. Here’s a roundup of some key Pacific Northwest efforts to develop and support new carbon capture technology: PNNL’s research innovation.

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Vox

JANUARY 24, 2023

It was a source of growing criticism from the press and nonprofit experts as his net worth climbed, topping $100 billion by the end of 2017. It would allow corporations in wealthy countries to buy offsets for their carbon emissions, and that money would go to renewable energy projects in developing countries.

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