The challenger turning DAC’s water problem on its head
From Powering Sustainable Ideas by RBC Capital Markets
April 17, 2026 · 17 min · Season 2 · Episode 30
About this episode
Will Kain discusses Avnos's innovative approach to direct air capture that generates water instead of consuming it.
They extract CO2 direct from the air, but direct air capture technologies typically drink up massive quantities of water and energy while doing so. An alternative offered by New Jersey-based Avnos actually generates water. In this episode of Powering Sustainable Ideas, Avnos founder Will Kain explains how it’s done, and why he believes his innovation will be especially attractive to datacenter operators.
People in this episode
Host: RBC Capital Markets
Guest: Will Kain
Topics covered
- direct air capture
- sustainable technology
- water generation
- datacenter operations
- innovation
Keywords
- direct air capture
- CO2 extraction
- water problem
- sustainable innovation
- datacenter
- energy consumption
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Avnos
Places: New Jersey
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