Meta announced a new partnership this week in the hopes that geothermal energy can help it reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.
Meta and startup Sage Geosystems struck up a deal to develop new geothermal power plants. If they make it to the finish line, the plants would provide carbon pollution-free energy that Meta needs for new data centers in the US.
The company has struggled to keep its carbon pollution down since it pledged in 2020 to reach net zero emissions by the end of the decade,…