NEWS: Hyperscalers will test out sustainability tech at data centers.

The players: Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Meta have signed on to pilot clean tech projects for data centers. For each of these projects, nonprofit investor Elemental Impact says it will offer $500K to $5M through 2027. These concepts will include clean concrete and metals, energy storage, and more efficient cooling systems.

The goal: Scale these solutions to curb data centers’ emissions…a major sticking point among the public, government officials, and environmental groups. 

The landscape: These fresh funds arrive amid a decline in clean tech investment and staunch local opposition to data centers. In Utah, for example, activists hope to gather signatures for a referendum that could reverse the county's support for the controversial, 40K-acre Stratos Project.