1PointFive / Occidental — 1PointFive's Stratos in Texas began ramping toward ~500,000 t/yr — over an order of magnitude larger than any prior plant, the first industrial-scale DAC facility.
Microsoft — Microsoft contracted multi-million tonnes of durable removal across suppliers — the demand that underwrites the buildout, making CDR a real market.
Climeworks — Climeworks' Orca in Iceland began operating at ~4,000 t/yr, pairing capture with permanent mineral storage — the first commercial direct-air-capture-and-storage plant.