Endeavour: Using Methane to Crack the AI Power Problem
AI / Machine Learning | 5 min read
AI cloud providers require clean, gigawatt-scale generation capacity that operates 24/7 — yet grid infrastructure, permitting timelines, and renewable intermittency are all conspiring to widen the power gap. Endeavour, the full-stack data centre and infrastructure innovation company, believes it has found a compelling answer: Pact, a scalable hydrogen and solid-carbon co-production technology that enables affordable, continuous, clean power for AI.
What Is Pact — and How Does Methane Cracking Work?
Pact uses a process known as low-temperature methane pyrolysis — also called methane cracking. Rather than burning methane and releasing carbon dioxide, Pact passes methane through an energy-efficient catalytic reactor that separates hydrogen from carbon in a continuous-flow, closed-loop system. The hydrogen is captured as clean fuel, while the remaining carbon is immediately sequestered by converting it into solid graphite — a critical industrial material — rather than being released into the atmosphere.
Pact can run on both natural gas and biomethane feedstocks, and Endeavour claims the resulting hydrogen carries a lower direct lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint than electrolysis-based "green" hydrogen — particularly significant given the energy intensity of water electrolysis at scale. The system has been rigorously tested with manufacturing partner EBNER at EBNER's US headquarters in Wadsworth, Ohio.
"There have been few low-carbon options that can be deployed quickly at the scale and cost needed for AI campuses and heavy industry. The Pact system fills that gap. It's the first technology to provide clean hydrogen fuel to power AI data centres and other technology infrastructure while simultaneously capturing carbon and transforming it into critical materials for trillion-dollar industries that have historically been difficult to decarbonise."
— Jakob Carnemark, CEO and Founder, Endeavour
Graphite: Turning Waste Carbon Into a Strategic Asset
A defining feature of Pact is how it handles carbon. Rather than requiring underground storage or releasing it as CO₂, the system converts carbon into solid graphite — a commercially valuable material with rising demand driven by battery supply chains, semiconductor applications, power cables, construction materials, and carbon dioxide capture technologies. Endeavour argues that if this functionalised carbon displaces energy-intensive graphite imports, the system could become net carbon-negative — delivering not just clean energy but a net positive environmental outcome.
Designed for Just-in-Time AI Power Delivery
Endeavour frames Pact as a fuel-supply system that can sit alongside on-site power generation. The unit is designed to be close-coupled with generators for just-in-time hydrogen production, reducing reliance on hydrogen storage and transport — two of the most significant practical constraints for hydrogen in power applications. Pact is available exclusively through Endeavour's Edged Infrastructure platform, which deploys fully integrated AI infrastructure on demand with an incremental, scalable delivery model.
Part of a Broader Integrated AI Infrastructure Ecosystem
Pact is the latest addition to Endeavour's integrated technology stack for AI infrastructure. The company's portfolio also includes TurboCell — a rapidly deployable, scalable power platform that delivers gigawatt-scale prime power and transitions seamlessly to backup after grid connection — and ThermalWorks, Endeavour's cooling platform designed to conserve water while supporting AI workloads. Together, these systems are positioned as an integrated solution that aims to make data centre infrastructure faster and more agile while transforming it into a large-scale tool for addressing climate change and water scarcity.
Endeavour's stated vision goes beyond minimising harm: the company aims to build regenerative systems that restore local resources and generate global benefits — positioning AI infrastructure not as a contributor to environmental damage, but as part of the solution to it.
Key Takeaways
- • Endeavour has introduced Pact — a continuous-flow, closed-loop methane pyrolysis system that produces clean hydrogen fuel and solid graphite simultaneously.
- • Pact is positioned as the first scalable, carbon-neutral baseload hydrogen power system cost-competitive with conventional fossil fuel energy — purpose-built for AI data centres.
- • The system converts carbon into commercial-grade solid graphite rather than releasing CO₂ — and could become net carbon-negative if the graphite displaces energy-intensive imports.
- • Pact runs on natural gas and biomethane, has been tested with manufacturing partner EBNER, and is designed for close-coupling with on-site generators for just-in-time hydrogen production.
- • Pact is available exclusively through Endeavour's Edged Infrastructure platform. Learn more at pactsystems.com and endeavourii.com.