Stack infrastructure, developer and operator of data centers, announced in cooperation with sublime systems on August 5, the completion of a pilot placement of sublimes carbon doctor cement in a stack Prince William County, Virginia, Campus.
“It is a very important step to show that our material can be used in applications of the data center,” said Corey Waltrip, director of business development and strategy at Sublime Systems. “Of course this is the fastest growing part of the construction sector, and we would like to make sure that we develop the partnerships with the companies that build this infrastructure. Stack is obviously a good example of a data center developer with which we would like to work together in the next few years if we scale our technology and construction.”
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The cement of sublime is generated by an electrolysis process. The process, which was originally developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, replaces the creation of lime in the cement by a process that can be driven by renewable electricity.
“We remove the high heat requirements,” said Waltrip. “You do not need coal and natural gas as an input to operate this oven as with ordinary Portland cement. We do not use limestone as important priority feed material, since limestone has2 embedded in it. If you do not use limestone and use non-carbonate feed stocks, we remove this other source of CO2… So we have this way to the cost competitiveness with normal Portland cement, the end product produced. We produce a hydraulic cement powder that can be integrated just like a normal cement powder. “
The pilot's concrete placement covered part of a high traffic loading dock to test the long -term durability of the material. The previous performance tests, including compressive strength, have exceeded the expected performance standards. In view of the AI-controlled growth, which assumes an increase in data center construction, the alignment of stack's development goals with climate targets has become critical and increases innovations such as sublime cement as an important solution. WalTrip said that sublime systems use its electrolysis cement powder in all parts of the construction and construction of other buildings and infrastructures for data centers.
“This pilot has crossed part of a load dock, but its effect goes far beyond his footprint,” said Bethany Brantley, head of sustainability and stacking infrastructure in a statement. “As the first use of sublime's low -carbon cement in a data center application, it marks a milestone for the industry. It not only sets a new standard for how we build, but also how we lead with tangible advantages for the environment, our customers and the local communities that we operate.”
The market for mission -critical infrastructure continues to grow in the United States and while the facilities sometimes need completely new energy supply such as nuclear power, itself and end users such as Oracle and Microsoft, their sustainability goals are shared with developers such as stack.
Waltrip said, building contractor and concrete entrepreneur Baker Concrete provided the placement of the sublime cement of the sublime dock for the project, and like previous projects, the Sublime Hydraulic Center was mixed in baker facilities and delivered normally via ready-mix trucks. He also said that Sublime's first production facility in Holyoke, Massachusetts, is in design and is on the right track to open at the end of 2027 or early 2028.