Prysmian, Rio Tinto partner to bring low-carbon aluminum to Amazon data center

By Reuters News

Sept 18 (Reuters) - Italian cable maker Prysmian PRY.MI said on Friday it had partnered with Rio Tinto RIO.AX to supply electrical cables made with low-carbon aluminium for an Amazon AMZN.O data centre in Ohio.

The cables will use aluminium produced with ELYSIS "inert-anode" technology, which Prysmian said eliminates direct greenhouse gas emissions from the smelting process, releasing pure oxygen instead.

  • Project is the first known use of inert-anode-smelted aluminum in a data center, the company said.

  • "The use demonstrates that the carbon footprint of data centers can be reduced at the raw material level," it added.

  • Prysmian will manufacture the cables at its Sedalia, Missouri facility.

  • The project builds on the collaboration announced by Prysmian and Rio Tinto in March 2026.

  • Joern Tinnemeyer, Vice President of Data Center Engineering at Amazon Web Services (AWS), linked the initiative to the company's 2040 net zero target.

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