Meta’s announcement in September of its new investment in low-carbon concrete production potentially opens a new era of development.to further expand production of Reversa®, a product designed to replace traditional Portland cement with a low-cost alternate.
“Our global infrastructure is what enables us to deliver the products and services that billions of people use around the world, and data centres play a big role in that,” John DeAngelis, head of clean technology innovation at Meta, said during Climate Week in New York City. “But concrete as well as other key hard to abate industries represent a big chunk of the embodied missions associated with the data centre infrastructure.
Meanwhile, a number of large U.S. construction companies such as Clark Pacific and Turner Construction have committed to low-carbon concrete demonstration projects. Fortera expects full-scale ReCarb plants will mineralize 165,000 tons of industrial carbon dioxide and produce approximately 375,000 tons of low-carbon cement annually.
“Our investment in Fortera aligns with Saint-Gobain’s priority toward the decarbonization of industries and our commitment of working with startups that are moving the world forward with sustainable innovations,” said Basma Kharrat, vice-president of external venturing at Saint-Gobain.