Digital Reef and Oreasoc Signed Rainforest Offtake Deal
The companies have partnered to offset data center electricity footprints through protected Amazon forest assets.
Updated on Sept. 25, 2026 in Data Centers
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Digital Reef has entered into an offtake agreement to purchase environmental assets managed by Oreasoc Agriculture. The initiative aims to help Digital Reef mitigate the environmental impact of its global data center infrastructure growth.
Why it matters
As global data center electricity demand accelerates, major firms face mounting pressure from investors and regulators to measure and lower their environmental footprints. This deal integrates rainforest protection into infrastructure development to address these footprint concerns.
Digital Reef maintains a 3.3 GW data center pipeline, while Oreasoc Agriculture manages over 30 million hectares of Amazon rainforest. Xange.com uses satellite and ground-based sensors via its Polaris technology to verify these environmental assets.
The players
Digital Reef
Based in London, UK, this company maintains a 3.3 GW pipeline of data center infrastructure.
Oreasoc Agriculture
Headquartered in Miami, Florida, this firm manages environmental assets across more than 30 million hectares of the Amazon.
Xange.com
This Luxembourg-based technology provider offers digital MRV systems for environmental monitoring.
The details
Xange.com serves as the technology partner for this initiative, employing its Xange.ai platform to monitor energy and emissions data from data centers. Simultaneously, the firm uses its Polaris system to verify environmental assets generated by the protected Amazon tracts.
Timeline
2030 is the year by which global data center electricity demand is projected to reach 945 TWh.
The Tech Race
This partnership highlights the industry's response to the International Energy Agency projection of 945 TWh for data center demand by 2030. It shifts the competitive landscape by prioritizing environmental asset integration alongside traditional infrastructure growth.
The agreement aims to address the energy usage behind digital services, potentially shaping how data centers report and reduce their environmental impact. Users may eventually see more standardized sustainability metrics as firms scale to meet rising demand.
The takeaway
Companies are increasingly looking toward verified nature-based assets to offset the massive power needs of modern data centers. This trend suggests a future where infrastructure value is intrinsically linked to the ability to prove verifiable environmental mitigation.
Further reading
Learn more about evolving infrastructure efficiency standards in our Data Centers section.
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