Meta is using AI to create low-carbon concrete for its data centres

Facebook's parent company, Meta, has used AI to develop a new way of creating concrete which it claims produces 40 per cent less carbon emissions than standard mixtures, and is already using it in its latest data centre. But experts say that concrete mixtures with similar emissions are already in use across Europe, and that constructing new buildings is incompatible with reducing carbon pollution. Meta is investing heavily in AI research, including building the world's most powerful AI-specific supercomputer. Its main aims are to develop better speech-recognition tools, automatically translate between different languages and help build a 3D virtual metaverse, but the company is also using AI to work on projects such as concrete production. The company says that this construction material is a major contributor to its carbon footprint as it builds data centres around the world for its online services.