Helping bring the world’s first large-scale, near-zero emissions steel plant online

Helping bring the world’s first large-scale, near-zero emissions steel plant online Sep 17, 2026 | x.com Facebook LinkedIn Mail Copy link Google is partnering with Stegra to help bring their large-scale, green hydrogen-based, near-zero emissions steel plant online. Ben Townsend Head of Infrastructure Strategy & Sustainability Jenna Stauffer Head of Strategic Priorities, Climate Operations x.com Facebook LinkedIn Mail Copy link . Inlining them here makes them available in the DOM for the page. Your browser does not support the audio element. Listen to article [[duration]] minutes This content is generated by Google AI. Generative AI is experimental Voice Speed Voice Speed 0.75X 1X 1.5X 2X Read AI-generated summary We are partnering with Stegra to launch the world’s first large-scale, green hydrogen-based steel plant in Sweden. By replacing coal with renewable energy, this process cuts production emissions by up to 95%. We are purchasing environmental certificates for this steel to help scale the technology and lower the carbon footprint of our future data center construction. Summaries were generated by Google AI. Generative AI is experimental. We’re partnering with Stegra to launch the world’s first near-zero emissions steel plant. This plant uses green hydrogen instead of coal to cut emissions by 95%. We’re buying environmental certificates to help scale this clean technology for the future. Using green steel helps us lower carbon emissions in our data center construction projects. These efforts support a shift toward more sustainable building materials across our operations. Summaries were generated by Google AI. Generative AI is experimental. Making steel usually creates a ton of pollution because it relies on coal. Google is now partnering with a company called Stegra to build a new plant that uses clean hydrogen instead. This switch could cut emissions by 95% compared to the old way of doing things. By supporting this tech, Google helps make construction much greener for its future data centers. Summaries were generated by Google AI. Generative AI is experimental. Explore other styles: General summary Bullet points Basic explainer We’re partnering with Stegra to help bring the world’s first large-scale, green hydrogen-based, near-zero emissions steel plant online. The steel is designed to meet the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) definition for near-zero emissions steel production, marking an important step toward addressing the impact of the hard-to-decarbonize steel industry. While traditional steel manufacturing relies on coal to process iron, Stegra’s plant in Boden, Sweden, will use renewable electricity to generate green hydrogen. The hydrogen is then reacted with iron ore to produce iron. Stegra estimates that removing coal from the process can cut emissions by up to 95% compared to traditional blast furnace manufacturing. Under the new agreement, Google will receive environmental attribute certificates (EACs) from a portion (up to 91,000 metric tons) of the steel produced in Stegra’s first year of production. Companies purchase EACs to drive demand for sustainably produced materials, address construction emissions, and help scale and finance these early stage technologies. By supporting innovative technologies and partnering with coalitions like the Sustainable Steel Buyers Platform, we hope to bring more green building materials to market and increasingly incorporate them into our own operations. We estimate this can reduce the embodied carbon emissions from data center infrastructure by up to 40%. In 2025, we successfully integrated low-carbon concrete, steel, or a combination of both in over 20 construction projects. 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