Microsoft strengthens net-negative goals amid AI-driven emissions. (Photo: iStcok)
U.S. tech giant Microsoft is ramping up its carbon dioxide removal (CDR) efforts through a new partnership with climate tech startup CO280.
The collaboration leverages a unique carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology to reduce emissions from a paper mill located in the U.S. Gulf Coast. The project is expected to yield 3.7 million carbon removal credits—one of the largest transactions in the carbon capture space to date.
Carbon capture units directly linked to mill operations
Paper manufacturing emits carbon through intensive energy use and a process-specific source: the recovery boilers used to recycle chemicals. These boilers also release biogenic CO₂. According to CO280, the paper industry is among the top carbon emitters in U.S. manufacturing, releasing an estimated 88 million tons of biogenic CO₂ annually.
