Vaulted Deep Signs Deal with Microsoft to Remove Carbon via Waste Management Infrastructure

Microsoft is buying tons of carbon removal from Xprize startup Vaulted Deep

Microsoft's data center boom has been imperiling its 2030 carbon negative pledge, so the tech giant is turning to Vaulted Deep, which operates like a reverse oil company.

‘Microsoft Wants Your Poop to Lower Its Emissions’ – Seeks to ‘store human waste underground’ to offset ‘carbon footprint’ & ‘combat climate change’ – Bill Gates’ firm has ‘insatiable appetite for power to feed its AI habit’

WSJ: "Involves buying human and farm waste and piping it thousands of feet underground through a pump that acts like giant syringe. ... It is just one of a number of new ways of offsetting carbon that Microsoft is backing, betting that these technologies will help to combat climate change by stopping carbon dioxide and methane from entering the atmosphere. ...  Vaulted Deep collects what it calls “bioslurry”—which could be human waste from a cit

Vaulted Deep Signs Deal with Microsoft to Remove Carbon via Waste Management Infrastructure

/PRNewswire/ -- Vaulted Deep, a waste management company turning excess organic material into permanent carbon removal, today announced a new offtake agreement...

Microsoft Buys Carbon Removal Credits from XPrize-Winning Startup Vaulted Deep

Microsoft Corp. is ramping up its climate ambitions with a significant purchase of carbon removal credits from Vaulted Deep, a startup that emerged from the prestigious XPrize competition. The deal, which involves Microsoft acquiring tons of carbon sequestration services, underscores the tech giant’s push to achieve carbon negativity by 2030. Vaulted Deep specializes in injecting biomass waste into deep underground wells, effectively locking awa…

Microsoft Signs One of Largest-Ever Carbon Removal Deals with Biomass Waste Management Startup Vaulted Deep

Microsoft and waste management solutions startup Vaulted Deep announced today a new long-term offtake agreement, with Vaulted Deep delivering up to 4.9 million tonnes of durable carbon dioxide removal over 12 years through its process of storing organic waste deep underground, marking one of the largest-ever carbon removal deals globally to date. Spun out of injection well-focused waste management company Advantek in 2023, Vaulted Deep partners …