By Brad Haynes

BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -Google has struck its biggest carbon removal deal, agreeing to finance restoration of the Amazon rainforest with Brazilian startup Mombak, as big tech hunts for high-quality credits to offset emissions tied to energy-hungry data centers.

The companies told Reuters the deal would offset 200,000 metric tons of carbon emissions. That is four times the volume of a pilot offtake agreement in September 2024 with Mombak, Google’s sole provider of forestry carbon credits.

Both companies declined to comment on the value of the deal.

The agreement highlights how big tech is looking for ways to soften the climate impacts of its huge investment in power-intensive data centers for AI, driving demand to offset carbon emissions through Brazil’s nascent reforest

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