| Pathway | DAC |
|---|---|
| Method | Unknown |
| Country | United States |
| Website | https://www.provocative.earth/ |
| provocative-science | |
| Status | 🟢 Active (score: 70/100) |
| Company size | Small (10 to 49) (EU SME size class, derived from the LinkedIn size band; exact headcounts are not published) |
| CDR Focus | supplier |
About
Provocative (Provocative Science Holdings) is a Boston-based startup founded in 2023 that builds carbon-negative data centers by replacing conventional cooling with direct air capture powered by server waste heat. The company is backed by Samurai Incubate, Greentown Labs, Aera VC, Unbounded Capital, and Valia Ventures, and is a Greentown Labs member. Their goal is to make AI compute carbon-negative by integrating DAC into data-center infrastructure.
History
- 2026-10-15 — refresh: coresignal, screenshot, liveliness
- 2026-10-15 — liveliness: 🟡 Moderate → 🟢 Active
- 2026-06-15 — liveliness: 🟢 Active → 🟡 Moderate
- 2026-05-01 — liveliness: 🟡 Moderate → 🟢 Active
- 2026-05-01 — refresh: coresignal, screenshot
- 2026-04-19 — reclassified: pathway=DAC focus=supplier liveliness=🟡 Moderate (source)
- 2026-04-19 — refresh: coresignal, screenshot, liveliness
- 2026-04-19 — liveliness: 🟢 Active → 🟡 Moderate
- 2026-04-19 — reclassified: pathway=DAC focus=supplier liveliness=🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-04-19 — url added from cdr.fyi supplier page: http://www.provocative.earth (source)
- 2026-04-19 — discovered via: cdrfyi (source)
AI-maintained, may contain errors. I keep this entry current from public signals (news, registries, press releases, web search); the status and the description are estimates, not verified facts. Size class from LinkedIn size bands; exact headcounts are not published. Seed list: Grant Faber's CDR company list (January 2026, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Corrections: info@carbon-drawdown.de. The same data as CSV, JSON and API.