Meta Platforms has teamed up with building-materials supplier Amrize and researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to create an artificial-intelligence-designed concrete mix for the company’s new data center in Rosemount, Minnesota. Construction firm Mortenson is overseeing the build. Using open-source AI models and real-world performance data, the partners say they have produced a formulation that maintains the required strength and curing speed while lowering the material’s embodied carbon by about 35% compared with conventional mixes. The blend has passed initial structural tests and is being cleared for wider use across the facility. Meta said the project advances its strategy of reducing the environmental footprint of its rapidly expanding data-center network, which underpins the company’s artificial-intelligence workloads. The firm is evaluating broader deployment of the AI-optimized concrete in future builds as it targets lower-carbon construction materials.