The collaboration will integrate a direct air capture (DAC) system within data centers, utilizing waste heat to enhance carbon removal and lower scope 3 emissions, which aligns with AWS's sustainability objectives.
Orbital's initial offering is a proprietary carbon removal material designed specifically for DAC, which has attracted interest from AWS.
The partnership will leverage generative AI to innovate materials aimed at carbon removal, chip cooling, and water management in AWS data centers.
Orbital has estimated that the cost of carbon removal will be approximately $0.20 per GPU hour, significantly lower than the current GPU usage costs that range from $2 to $10 per hour.
This economic viability of Orbital's technology could promote its widespread adoption throughout the cloud computing sector, aiding in the reduction of environmental impacts.
Orbital claims that its generative AI platform can greatly enhance the design, synthesis, and testing of advanced materials, outperforming traditional methods.
Since launching its lab in early 2024, Orbital has reported a tenfold improvement in material performance, which has accelerated the pace of innovation.
AWS is set to roll out a full-scale pilot of Orbital's DAC system in its data centers by the end of 2025.
AWS has teamed up with Orbital Materials to develop carbon-negative data centers, with plans to have these operational by the end of 2025.
As part of this initiative, Orbital's generative AI model, known as Orb, will be launched on AWS platforms.
