Meta announced long-term purchase agreements with five lower-carbon cement, steel, trucking and recycled plastics suppliers on 12 November, including a commitment supporting at least 180,000 tons of cement production. In its announcement, Meta said the multi-year deals are intended to support commercial-scale production for industries that build and supply its data centres.
Key points
- Meta’s Sublime Systems agreement supports at least 180,000 tons of lower-carbon cement production and gives Meta priority access for data centre construction.
- A Fortera deal supports a cement plant in Missouri. Meta will buy certificates tied to approximately 200,000 tons of its ReAct cement, Crypto Briefing reported.
- The other agreements cover Stegra steel, electric freight with Nevoya and a planned recycled-plastics plant for MacroCycle Technologies.
Meta says the agreements use environmental attribute certificates: a supplier produces verified lower-carbon materials or services, Meta pays for the associated environmental benefit, and the output is used in a local market. The arrangement lets Meta support production without requiring every shipment to reach one of its construction sites. The company has matched 100% of its annual electricity use with clean and renewable energy since 2020, according to its announcement. These purchases address emissions associated with the materials and transport in its supply chain.
Sublime’s 180,000-ton cement agreement
Meta’s multi-year agreement with Sublime Systems supports production of at least 180,000 tons of lower-carbon cement. Meta says the commitment will help Sublime build its first commercial-scale facility and gives Meta priority access to Sublime Cement for future data centre projects. Sublime describes the contract as a guaranteed, multi-year commitment that supplies forward demand for a new US plant.
In a release distributed by Business Wire, Sublime said Meta is contracting for certificates associated with at least 180,000 tons of production, with verification by an accredited third party. The company also said the agreement gives Meta priority access to physical cement for its construction pipeline. Sublime says its first commercial plant remains in development and describes its manufacturing method as an electrochemical process powered by electricity rather than a conventional fuel-fired kiln.
Sublime said it has binding offtake agreements with Meta and Microsoft. It described multi-year, fixed-volume cement contracts as uncommon and said a guaranteed buyer helps a new plant reach financial close. Meta has previously worked on lower-carbon concrete projects with CarbonBuilt and CarbiCrete, according to its announcement.
Fortera’s Missouri plant and 200,000-ton certificate deal
Meta also signed an agreement with Fortera to support a low-carbon cement plant in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. The purchase covers environmental attribute certificates associated with approximately 200,000 tons of Fortera’s ReAct cement, Crypto Briefing reported. The same publication said the plant is projected to reach capacity of 300,000 tons per year by 2028.
Fortera’s process incorporates captured CO₂ into its cement, which is expected to emit up to 70% less CO₂ than conventional Portland cement, according to Crypto Briefing. Under the certificate arrangement Meta describes, its payment is tied to the environmental benefit of lower-carbon production rather than to delivery of that cement to a Meta site.
Stegra steel and Nevoya trucks on I-10
Meta’s new multi-year agreement with Sweden-based Stegra supports near-zero-emission primary steel. Meta says Stegra’s production process eliminates coal from iron reduction. The company previously signed a multi-year agreement to support clean iron from Electra’s first demonstration plant in Jefferson County, Colorado. Meta says structural steel for its data centres passes through global supply chains, making the Stegra agreement part of its work with producers beyond the US.
Meta is also expanding its electric-freight partnership with Nevoya to a route through California and Arizona along the I-10 interstate. Its earlier work with Nevoya covered Texas, while another freight partnership with NFI covered Virginia. Meta says the expanded arrangement supports heavy-duty electric trucks and permanent, open-access charging stations that other commercial fleets can use.
The Nevoya agreement backs 25 Class 8 battery-electric trucks expected to travel approximately 4 million freight miles each year. Class 8 is the heavy-duty tractor-trailer category. The publication described the arrangement as a multi-year certificate agreement covering electric freight associated with Meta’s data centre projects.
MacroCycle plans a 5,000-ton PET plant
Meta’s long-term purchase agreement with MacroCycle Technologies is intended to enable financing for the company’s first commercial plant in the southeastern US. Meta says the facility aims to turn hard-to-recycle plastic waste into 5,000 tons per year of recycled PET, a plastic used in packaging and other products. Across the planned and expanded US plants covered by its work with suppliers, Meta estimates support for hundreds of construction and long-term manufacturing jobs.
