Darren Woods, chairman and chief government officer Exxon Mobil Corp., speaks throughout a panel dialogue on the inaugural Pennsylvania Power and Innovation Summit at Carnegie Mellon College in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US, on July 15, 2025.
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Exxon Mobil is holding superior talks with energy suppliers and expertise firms to chop the emissions of AI knowledge facilities that depend on pure gasoline by deploying carbon seize expertise, CEO Darren Woods stated on Friday.
“I am hopeful that many of those hyperscalers are honest after they discuss concerning the need to have low emission amenities, as a result of definitely within the close to to medium time period we’re in all probability the one life like sport on the town to perform that,” Woods stated on Exxon’s earnings name.
Hyperscalers refers to firms akin to Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft which can be constructing giant knowledge facilities to coach and run AI functions.
Exxon goals to seize 90% of the carbon dioxide emissions emitted by pure gasoline crops that energy knowledge facilities, Woods stated. The oil main is speaking with energy firms to decarbonize their crops, he stated.
“We’re fairly superior within the conversations,” the CEO stated.
The tech sector has principally secured renewable vitality to offset the emissions from their knowledge facilities, although they’re now making main investments in nuclear energy as properly.
Some firms are turning to pure gasoline in addition to they seek for dependable energy. Meta, for instance, signed an settlement with the utility Entergy in Louisiana to energy an information heart campus with pure gasoline.
“We secured areas. We have the present infrastructure, definitely have the know-how by way of the expertise of capturing, transporting, and storing [carbon dioxide],” Woods stated.
