"Amazon's data centers will reportedly utilize copper from a mine in Arizona that's leaching metal from ores using microorganisms, the Wall Street Journal reports. Amazon Web Services will be the first customer for Nuton Technologies, which developed the "bioleaching" technology. AWS will also be providing "cloud-based data and analytics support," helping to optimize Nuton's mining process. Nuton's bioleaching method uses naturally-occurring microorganisms to extract copper from low-grade ore that would otherwise be too expensive to mine,"
"while also using less water and producing less carbon emissions than traditional mining methods. This allows for harvesting more copper from previously-closed mining sites, which could yield output much faster than opening a new mine. The AI boom is driving up demand and prices for copper, which is vital for making chips and data centers. Nuton produced the first copper cathode using bioleaching in December, also at the Johnson Camp mine where it will be extracting copper for Amazon."
Amazon Web Services will obtain copper for its data centers from an Arizona mine where Nuton Technologies uses bioleaching to leach metal from ores with naturally occurring microorganisms. AWS will be Nuton's first customer and will supply cloud-based data and analytics support to optimize the mining process. The bioleaching method extracts copper from low-grade ore that would otherwise be uneconomical, consumes less water, and produces lower carbon emissions than conventional mining. The approach enables harvesting copper from previously closed sites and can yield output faster than opening new mines. Nuton produced a first copper cathode using bioleaching in December at the Johnson Camp mine.
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