Carbon Direct

Carbon Direct released a white paper and risk framework asserting that community opposition delayed or canceled AI data center projects across the U.S., and advising developers/capital partners to treat responsible community engagement as foundational to project viability.

Carbon Direct released Criteria for High-Quality Low Carbon Fuels, described as consolidated guidance for voluntary procurement of low carbon fuels across certifications, regulatory schemes, and quality frameworks.

Carbon Direct released guidance for responsible agricultural residue sourcing for CDR, developed in collaboration with Microsoft and Stripe, described as contractable guidelines to fill a procurement gap as biomass-based CDR scales.

Carbon Direct released analysis asserting that many projects in power grid interconnection queues may not come online for many years or ever, specifically citing ERCOT and PJM estimates relevant to data center markets.

Carbon Direct and Arca announced a collaboration to bring Arca’s Industrial Mineralization carbon dioxide removal credits to market, described as accelerating the number and scale of CDR projects using industrial mineralization technology.

Carbon Direct launched CDR 2.0, described as a framework intended to move carbon dioxide removal from corporate commitments toward operational delivery, proposing five interconnected pillars aimed at scaling durable removals.

Carbon Direct released its 2026 flagship voluntary carbon market report focused on CDR, stating that infrastructure/science/solutions are ready to scale but buyer hesitation could strand carbon removal projects.

Carbon Direct announced it acquired Pachama, describing the deal as integrating Pachama’s data/AI capabilities and digital MRV tools into Carbon Direct’s carbon-management offerings and onboarding Pachama co-founder Diego Saez Gil to the team in a senior role.