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Can Meta clean up its data centers with geothermal energy?


Meta struck a deal with geothermal energy company Sage Geosystems.

The company has struggled to keep its carbon pollution down since it pledged in 2020 to reach net zero emissions by the end of the decade, its latest sustainability reportpublished yesterday shows. Typical geothermal plants take advantage of the heat that’s generated within our planet, drawing up hot fluids from natural reservoirs to produce steam that turns turbines. There are a lot of really important steps, especially for technologies like Sage that are ripe and ready to scale,” Urvi Parekh, head of renewable energy at Meta, says.

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