While Facebook parent company Meta has drawn attention for its efforts to create a virtual “metaverse,” the company is also focusing on the impact of its real-world buildings.
Meta is working with researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to create concrete mixes with lower embodied carbon emissions using an artificial intelligence model. The company has already tested one mix at a data center construction project in Illinois, and is planning more pilots at some of its other projects currently underway, says Amruta Sudhalkar, data center sustainability project manager at Meta.