Ex-DeepMind Researcher's Startup Pilots AI-Designed Carbon Capture at UK Data Center

Orbital Materials, founded by an ex-DeepMind researcher, pilots an AI-designed purple powder that captures carbon more efficiently at data center temperatures, potentially reducing costs to $200/ton and enabling companies to offset emissions from energy-intensive data centers.

• Orbital Materials, a startup founded by a former DeepMind researcher, is launching a pilot program to capture carbon from the air using a new AI-designed material at a data center in the UK.
• The new material, a purple powder, is designed to work more efficiently at the higher temperatures found in data centers, potentially reducing the cost of carbon capture to around $200 per ton.
• The pilot program aims to demonstrate the feasibility of using data centers as a source of waste heat and power for carbon capture, potentially enabling companies like Amazon to offset emissions from their energy-intensive data centers.