Cleaner Tech
Rocket Tech Is Poised to Generate Clean Power for Data Centers
Founded by SpaceX alumni, Arbor Energy’s technology runs on natural gas and uses carbon capture.
Arbor’s system uses natural gas or biomass to generate electricity.
Photo courtesy of Francesca Forquet.A startup founded by former SpaceX employees has raised $55 million for technology that runs on natural gas and can provide always-available, carbon-free electricity. The goal: to eventually power artificial intelligence data centers.
Arbor Energy uses rocket-inspired technology that combusts fuel with a stream of oxygen and creates so-called supercritical carbon dioxide — that is, CO2 in a fluid state — it uses to spin a turbine. The CO2 is then captured and stored.