Prysmian and Rio Tinto supply low-carbon aluminum cables to Amazon
Prysmian, in partnership with Rio Tinto, has contracted to supply electrical cables made with ELYSIS® inert-anode aluminum for installation at an Amazon data center near Columbus, Ohio. ELYSIS® aluminum is produced without direct greenhouse gas emissions from smelting and emits oxygen instead, and the aluminum used was produced in Quebec with hydropower. The cables were manufactured and shipped from Prysmian's Sedalia, Missouri plant and distributed with Wesco support. The project is presented as a first commercial use in a data center and could influence wider adoption of lower-carbon materials across data center supply chains.
First known inert-anode aluminum cables installed in an Amazon data center
Context
Prysmian and Rio Tinto introduced ELYSIS® aluminum in building wire earlier in 2026. Now Amazon is accepting cables made with that aluminum for one data center. The next steps could include more installations or wider supply scaling.
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