Google partners with Stegra on near-zero emissions steel plant in Sweden

• Alphabet partnered with Stegra to support a large-scale green hydrogen-based steel plant in Boden, Sweden, targeting near-zero emissions output.
• Agreement provides Google environmental attribute certificates tied to up to 91,000 metric tons of Stegra steel in its first production year.
• Stegra estimates removing coal from iron processing can cut emissions by up to 95% versus traditional blast-furnace steelmaking.
• Alphabet estimates wider use of low-carbon concrete or steel can reduce embodied carbon in data center infrastructure by up to 40%.
• In 2025, Google integrated low-carbon concrete, steel, or both in more than 20 construction projects.

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