Microsoft may utilize hempcrete to create carbon-negative data centers of the future. The tech giant just funded a new report from the Carbon Leadership Forum at the University of Washington College of Built Environments on the carbon sequestering abilities of hemp and five other construction methods that have the ability to convert our built environments from a source of carbon emissions to a carbon sink.
The six solutions from the report are purpose-grown fibers like hemp and bamboo, along with earthen slabs, non-portland cement concrete slabs, algae-grown bricks/panels, mycelium structural tubes, and agricultural waste panels.
Microsoft has the ambitious goal of sequestering all the carbon the company has ever produced by 2050. To do so, the company is exploring many of the report’s materials for future data centers.
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