Carbon Clean has been selected for the Net Zero Start-Up Hub’s 2027 incubation programme, following the Hub’s Start-Up Hub Pitch Day in Fredericia, Denmark. The selection was announced by the Net Zero Innovation Hub for Data Centers as part of its 2026–2027 cohort.
The programme brings clean technology companies together with data centre operators, technology leaders, investors and industry experts to validate solutions and accelerate routes to commercial deployment.
As data centre power demand grows, the industry needs more clean, reliable, 24/7 power. Carbon capture can play an important role in enabling lower-carbon, dispatchable power – but solutions need to be compact, scalable and fast to deploy. Space is also at a premium on data centre sites, creating a need for carbon capture solutions that can be integrated with minimal impact on surrounding infrastructure and operations.
Carbon Clean’s CycloneCC is a modular, prefabricated carbon capture technology designed for sites where space is constrained. CycloneCC combines Carbon Clean’s advanced APBS-CDRMax® solvent with Rotating Packed Bed technology, reducing the size of the equipment by up to 10x and the overall footprint by up to 50% compared with conventional carbon capture solutions.
This compact design has the potential to make carbon capture particularly well suited to data centre environments, where space, speed of deployment and integration with power infrastructure are critical considerations.
The six-month incubation programme runs from January to June 2027 and is designed to help bridge the gap between promising technologies and commercial deployment. Through the programme, Carbon Clean will work with the Hub’s network of data centre operators, technology leaders, investors and industry experts to explore how CycloneCC can be deployed in data centre environments and help accelerate the sector’s path to net zero.
The Net Zero Innovation Hub for Data Centers is backed by APL, Danfoss, Data4, Google, Microsoft, Schneider Electric and Vertiv.