Google Signs Its Largest-Ever Carbon Removal Deal
has agreed to its biggest carbon-removal deal yet, backing a project covering more than 200,000 hectares in Brazil. Developer Terradot will use enhanced rock weathering alongside rice farming to remove carbon dioxide and reduce methane, targeting one million tonnes of each type of climate credit over time.
Rapid expansion of AI data centres is increasing technology companies' electricity use and emissions. If successful, the Brazilian project could provide a scalable carbon-removal model for major rice-producing countries including India and Vietnam.
Terradot will work to scale the Brazilian project using enhanced rock weathering alongside agricultural methane reductions. Its performance will be closely watched to determine whether the model can be expanded to other major agricultural regions.
2020s: Technology companies expand carbon-removal purchases
2026: AI growth increases pressure to address emissions
Sep 16: Google announces its largest carbon-removal agreement yet
Next: Terradot begins scaling the Brazil programme and measuring verified carbon removal.
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