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Yahoo
16-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Amrize and Meta Partner on First-of-its-kind AI-Optimized Advanced Concrete Mix for Data Center in Minnesota
Amrize, Meta and the University of Illinois partnership accelerates innovation and adoption of AI-optimized concrete mixes Advanced solution enables Meta to meet unique performance criteria for data centers ROSEMOUNT, Minn., July 16, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amrize (NYSE: AMRZ) and Meta have partnered to develop a first-of-its-kind, AI-optimized concrete mix tailored to meet the specific needs of Meta's data center in Rosemount, Minnesota. This customized solution was designed to deliver high strength, maintain set-time and reduce carbon load, meeting Meta's high performance, speed and sustainability targets. This solution leverages Amrize's material engineering expertise and Meta-developed open-sourced artificial intelligence (AI) models, working in partnership with The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to create the data for the AI model. "We work to design our data centers as efficiently and sustainably as possible, while driving our AI ambitions forward," said Julius Kusuma, research scientist at Meta. "By partnering with industry expert Amrize, the University of Illinois and Mortenson, we were able to maximize the performance and environmental profile of the concrete being used in our Rosemount Data Center. We are excited to continue testing different ways we can improve our material design in future projects with Amrize." AI and the digital economy are driving exponential demand for new data centers and supporting infrastructure. Amrize is working with hyperscalers and construction leaders, like Mortenson in the case of the Rosemount Data Center, to help accelerate innovation and the adoption of new technology and advanced building materials, including AI-optimized concrete mixes. "Partnering with Meta and using AI to develop an innovative concrete mix that meets the unique needs of data centers is just the beginning," said Jaime Hill, president of Amrize Building Materials. "Using AI, we can optimize our specialized concrete formulations for data center requirements, from performance needs like strength and durability to thermal regulation and energy-efficiency. We look forward to continuing this exciting work with Meta to scale up the adoption of advanced tailored concrete mixes." With data showing the mix meets the strength and other performance parameters required for the critical and demanding slab-on-grade application for Meta's infrastructure, it can now be used in additional areas of the data center. The use of this ECOPact mix in the data center currently under construction is estimated to reduce the total carbon footprint of the concrete by 35%. "AI-driven mix design lets us optimize concrete for performance, cost and carbon in one step," said Illinois Grainger Engineering professor Nishant Garg, who led the data-generation effort in his lab. "As mixes become more complex—with innovative raw materials and product formulation —AI can also forecast critical properties like strength gain over time." To learn more about Amrize and ECOPact concrete, visit: More information on Meta's approach to advancing low-carbon concrete in data centers can be found here. About Amrize Amrize (NYSE: AMRZ) is building North America, as the partner of choice for professional builders with advanced branded solutions from foundation to rooftop. With over 1,000 sites and a highly efficient distribution network, we deliver for our customers in every U.S. state and Canadian province. Our 19,000 teammates uniquely serve every construction market from infrastructure, commercial and residential to new build, repair and refurbishment. Amrize achieved $11.7 billion in revenue in 2024 and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the SIX Swiss Exchange. We are ready to build your ambition. Learn more at View source version on Contacts Media Relations: media@ +1 773-676-4981 Investor Relations: investors@ +1 303-725-1192 2/2 Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
The Independent
02-07-2025
- Health
- The Independent
Family reunited with daughter's ashes held in pendant four years after losing it under grocery store aisle
A deep clean at a grocery store wound up reuniting a family with a lost, cherished memorial to their late daughter. Tom and Cathy Hemish of Rosemoutm Minnesota, lost their 35-year-old daughter, Leah, to an aggressive cancer in 2019. Leah died only six weeks after her diagnosis. Her family — shaken and grieving — commissioned a custom pendant that incorporated Tom, Cathy, and Leah's birthstones as well as a small portion of Leah's ashes. "This was one thing my wife wanted to do so she could have Leah with her all the time," Tom told KARE11. "Our birthstones were put on there. It's our family, just the three of us. We miss her like crazy all the time." But further tragedy struck when, four years ago, Cathy and Tom lost the pendant during a shopping trip at a Cub Foods grocery store in Rosemount. The couple searched the store, its parking lot, their car, and their home hoping to find the little piece of their daughter that they carried with them everywhere they went, but ultimately were unable to locate the pendant. They even posted photos of the pendant on social media asking their neighbors to call them if they spotted their lost jewelry. "It hurt,' Tom said. 'But what do you do? You have to just move on.' Then, just over four years later, employees at the store were carrying out a deep clean of the building's coolers and found the missing pendent, noticing it included a birthday engraved on the back. Thinking the pendant likely held sentimental value for whoever lost it, the employee handed it over to their manager, who then posted about it on neighborhood Facebook pages — the same ones that Tom and Cathy posted to four years earlier. Another Facebook user saw the post and reached out to Tom and Cathy directly to let them know the pendant had been found. "There's a lot of not good, happy news that comes out every day, and to have somebody that steps up and does the good thing and the right thing, it doesn't happen very often," Tom said. 'We just are very thankful for the people that found it and did what they did to reunite us with her, to put us back with her.' The store manager, Maria Nagel, told KARE 11 in an email how the scenario played out inside the store. She explained that an employee named Kevin located the pendant, saw the inscription on the back, and gave it to her. "He brought it to my attention and I felt inspired to find the rightful owner. I hoped that by turning to social media, it would find its way back home," she wrote. "I remember years ago, a woman had lost a pendant that was made with her daughter's ashes but it was never found. I didn't think this could possibly be it, but, as it turns out this was the lost pendant!" She said that she and the rest of the Cub employees were "so happy that we were able to reunite this cherished [memento] to the Hemish family."
CTV News
19-06-2025
- Business
- CTV News
Neighbourhood meeting on proposed Kitchener crematorium to be held Thursday
Proposed crematorium site on Victoria Street North in Kitchener on June 19, 2025. (Dave Pettitt/CTV News) Kitchener residents will get a chance to weigh in on the plan to transform a former Home Hardware store into a crematorium. A meeting will be held over Zoom on Thursday night. Erb & Good Funeral Home wants to modify the building on Victoria Street North, between River Road East and Frederick Street, to allow for three human creation units. While the property is already zoned for a funeral home, there would need to be a bylaw amendment before a crematorium could be added. victoria crematorium kitchener Proposed design for a crematorium, shared in a planning application, on Victoria Street North. (Source: City of Kitchener) People living in the Rosemount neighbourhood are encouraged to attend the meeting to learn more about the project and share their feedback with city staff or the funeral home.
CBS News
13-06-2025
- CBS News
Vandals strike University of Minnesota regents' homes to protest aerospace facility
Minnesota man charged in string of ATM burglaries, and more headlines Minnesota man charged in string of ATM burglaries, and more headlines Minnesota man charged in string of ATM burglaries, and more headlines The homes of several University of Minnesota Board of Regents members were vandalized early Thursday morning. According to University President Rebecca Cunningham, the vandals oppose the sale of university property to the aerospace company North Wind. In May, the university put forth a plan to sell 60 acres of the UMore Park in Rosemount to the company for roughly $8 million. The company is working to develop a prototype hypersonic test facility called the Minnesota Aerospace Complex. "The University unequivocally condemns this and all vandalism, threatening behavior and acts of violence," Cunningham said at a regents meeting on Thursday. Opponents of the sale are expected to protest at a board meeting Friday morning. "There is absolutely no place for threatening behavior or destruction of property within our community," Cunningham said. "These actions endanger safety, erode the fabric of our University community, and undermine the legitimacy of important causes that our students, faculty and staff care so deeply about." This story will be updated.
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
One of the fastest growing cities in the U.S. is in Minnesota
Just one Midwestern city sits among the 15 that grew the fastest from July 2023 to July 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Vintage 2024 estimates, which were released on Thursday. The list of 15, which was limited to cities and towns with populations of 20,000 or more, is almost exclusively southern towns, continuing a recent trend. Yet, nestled into ninth place is the south metro suburb of Rosemount. Rosemount grew 10.6% year-over-year, according to the Census Bureau, rising to a population of 30,581. The home of Leprechaun Days is joined by seven cities from Texas and two each from Florida and North Carolina, as well as representatives from Alabama, Georgia, and Colorado. Here's a look at how that compares to the other fastest-growing cities in the country. Princeton, Texas: 30.6 increase Fulshear, Texas: 26.9% increase Leesburg, Fla.: 18.5% increase Celina, Texas: 18.2% increase Anna, Texas: 14.6% increase Haines City, Fla.: 12.1% increase Foley, Ala.: 12% increase Fate, Texas: 11.4% increase Rosemount, Minn.: 10.6% increase Garner, N.C.: 10.4% increase Melissa, Texas: 10% increase Sugar Hill, Ga.: 9.5% increase Hutto, Texas: 9.4% increase Leland, N.C.: 9.4% increase Erie, Colo.: 9.2% increase The report also shows the 15 cities with the largest numerical increases from July 1, 2023, to July 1, 2024. There aren't any in Minnesota, but here are the 15 cities with the most growth in the country. New York City: +87,184 Houston: +43,217 Los Angeles: +31,276 San Antonio: +23,945 Fort Worth: +23,442 Charlotte: +23,423 Chicago: +22,164 Phoenix: +16,933 Seattle: +16,813 Jacksonville: +16,365 Miami: +16,337 Washington, D.C.: +14,926 San Jose: +13,634 Columbus: +12,694 Las Vegas: +12,292
