Microsoft pays more than $1,000,000,000 for poop to counter its AI pollution
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AI pollution is becoming a serious issue, and Microsoft is spending more than a billion dollars to deal with it by buying massive amounts of poop.
In a bid to offset the enormous carbon emissions generated by its expanding AI operations, the tech giant has signed a deal with Vaulted Deep to dispose of organic waste in an environmentally responsible way.
The agreement covers 4.9 million metric tons of carbon over 12 years, sourced from manure, sewage, and agricultural byproducts.
It may sound odd, but this underground slurry injection method could be one of the most effective (and dirtiest) tools in the climate fight.
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A novel way to reduce carbon emissions
Like it or not, AI is the future.
With the demand for AI becoming greater each day, AI giant Nvidia recently became the first company in the world to hit $4 trillion in market value.
However, it’s extremely energy intensive, and carbon emissions produced due to AI data centers are through the roof.
For example, Google AI uses enough electricity in one second to charge seven electric cars, which is enough to increase its carbon emissions in 2023 by almost 50 percent compared to 2019.
As a result, many tech companies are looking into ways to reduce their carbon emissions.
However, Vaulted Deep’s technique is a little different from traditional carbon capture.
Instead of removing CO2 from smokestacks or the air, it intercepts organic waste (in other words, poop) before it has a chance to decompose and emit greenhouse gases.
The company processes that waste into a thick slurry and injects it roughly 5,000 feet underground, where it can’t escape as carbon dioxide or methane.
Without this intervention, the waste would typically be dumped into landfills, released into waterways, or spread on fields, where it releases harmful emissions and can contaminate groundwater.
This method reportedly costs about $350 per metric ton of carbon removed, putting the total potential value of Microsoft’s deal at over $1.7 billion.
However, Vaulted Deep CEO Julia Reichelstein says the actual amount paid is less than that figure, and the company expects costs to fall over time.
Regardless, the deal reflects the massive financial and environmental pressures facing tech firms as their energy-hungry AI infrastructure expands rapidly.
Tech companies are scrambling to fight AI pollution
This isn’t Microsoft’s first foray into carbon removal.
Earlier in 2025, the company inked another major contract with AtmosClear to sequester 6.75 million metric tons of CO2.
These moves underscore the urgent need for corporations to address the AI pollution caused by their data centers, especially as demand for AI tools like Copilot, ChatGPT, and others continues to rise.
While we’re all familiar with common methods to reduce carbon emissions, like using an EV over an ICE car, poop-powered carbon offsets might just be the strangest way to fight AI pollution.
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