AWS collaborates with three companies to build new data centers in Japan using cleancrete, biochar, and ECM concrete.

The business has committed to investing 2.26 trillion yen ($15.24 billion) in growing its cloud computing infrastructure in Japan by 2027, and it is now contemplating expansions of its facilities in Tokyo and Osaka. In order to employ low-carbon concrete in upcoming Japanese projects, the internet giant has now worked with three companies.

ECM concrete, which uses blast furnace slag, a byproduct of steel production, to replace 60 to 70 percent of the cement, will be used in the first collaboration with Takenaka Corporation. Google and Oracle have already employed biochar in projects in the US and India.

Additionally, AWS and Shimizu Corporation are collaborating on the usage of biochar, which traps carbon when added to concrete. Waste materials are carbonized at high temperatures in an oxygen-free atmosphere to produce the substance.

Additionally, the business has collaborated with Obayashi Corporation to provide cleancrete to the Japanese data center building market. Compared to industry-standard concrete, cleancrete has around 70% less carbon by volume. To prevent interaction with the atmosphere, it is poured within 30 centimeters of the surface and completed with ordinary concrete.

The Japanese government recently revealed plans to incentivize semiconductor manufacturing and data centers to move close to low-carbon energy hubs. The public may now comment on the plan.