Estimation is the start.
Sensors are the truth.
Mālama Labs is the hardware-signed trust anchor for environmental data. We proved the pipeline in carbon. Now we are measuring the largest unverified emissions source in the world: AI compute.
According to the Federation of American Scientists, Meta's actual data center emissions may be up to 19,000× higher than market-based reporting suggests. Software cannot fix that. Hardware-signed truth can.
What is Mālama Labs?
Estimation broke environmental markets. Carbon credits get verified once a year by humans walking transects. AI's emissions are reported via spreadsheets and renewable energy credits. Voluntary registries are losing buyer trust faster than they can issue credits.
Mālama replaces estimation with hardware-signed sensors. Each reading is cryptographically signed at the device, anchored on chain, and verifiable by anyone. One protocol. Two product lines. Carbon proved it works. AI compute scales it.
Watch the 60-second explainer →Carbon proved it. AI compute scales it.
The same hardware-signed verification pipeline that produced 2,786+ on-chain SaveCards from a soil sensor in Dallas now extends to rack-level power sensing inside AI data centers. One protocol. One Hex Node network. Two upstream data streams. One coherent answer to the environmental measurement crisis.
Carbon dMRV
Genesis 300 Pilot Node #1 (Dallas) emitted hourly ECDSA-signed environmental SaveCards to Cardano preprod since June 2024. The full credit lineage pipeline (sensor → oracle → biochar event → carbon credit) is operational on preprod with 2,786+ records and zero gaps. Cardano mainnet deployment follows final smart contract audit (target Q2 2026).
- · Soil, atmospheric, and enhanced rock weathering telemetry
- · LCO₂ pre-finance, VCO₂ verified credits
- · Registered with Puro.earth and Isometric for data validation
- · 24+ months continuous operation
AI Compute Monitoring
Rack-level power sensors deployed inside AI data centers measure exact electrical load per inference and training cycle. Same hardware-signed pipeline. Same Cardano anchor. Same Hex Node validators. Verified scope 1 emissions data the data center cannot omit.
- · Direct power sensing per inference
- · Water cooling attribution and evaporation tracking
- · Real-time grid carbon intensity sync
- · SEC climate disclosure and EU CSRD ready
- · Enables scope 3 emissions calculation for AI-consuming businesses
2,786 SaveCards. Preprod. Right now.
The Dallas pilot is the technology demonstration that proved Mālama's hardware-signing pipeline. Every SaveCard was signed by a device whose private key was burned in at manufacture. The same pipeline now scales to AI compute.
Beyond estimation. The 19,000× problem.
While the AI industry accelerates, its environmental footprint remains obscured by voluntary disclosures and market-based accounting. The Federation of American Scientists found that Meta's actual emissions may be up to 19,000× higher than market-based reports suggest. Software cannot fix the gap between what is reported and what is real. Hardware-signed truth can.
Per-Inference Wattage
Rack-level sensors measure exact electrical load per inference and training cycle. Not market-based estimates. Not vendor self-reports. Direct measurement at the source.
Cooling and Evaporation
Hardware-linked tracking of cooling energy and evaporation rates. A single video generation prompt can consume up to 1 liter of water for cooling alone.
Real Carbon, Not Average
Cross-references real-time grid carbon intensity with sensor-verified energy use. The same kilowatt-hour at different times and locations carries radically different emissions weight.
Four layers visible. Six layers in the protocol.
The four-layer summary below collapses Mālama's full six-layer architecture (Physical, Verification, Oracle, Blockchain, Reward Scaling, Redemption) into the parts that matter. Both carbon SaveCards and AI compute packets flow through the same pipeline. Full architecture: technology page →
Three audiences. One data layer.
AI Compute & Data Center Teams
Hardware-verified scope 1 emissions data ready for SEC climate disclosure, EU CSRD, and SBTi reporting. Support for scope 3 calculations for businesses using AI compute. Stop estimating. Start measuring at the rack.
Scope 1: Direct measurement of electrical load per inference.
Scope 3 support: Hardware data enables businesses using AI services to calculate upstream emissions.
Carbon Project Developers
Deploy a Genesis 300 node. Receive LCO₂ pre-finance within 90 days. MRV cost as low as $2 per ton of CO₂e verified, compared to $20,000–$50,000 for traditional audits. Sub-acre deployments viable.
How it works: Hardware signing + on-chain proof eliminates manual sampling cost. Continuous verification beats annual walk-throughs.
Hex Node Validators
Run a Hex Node in an H3 cell. Validate both carbon SaveCards and AI compute packets. Earn MLMA verification yield, uptime multipliers, and governance weight in the Mālama DAO.
Phase 1 Hex Node launchpad
Own the infrastructure of truth.
Each Hex Node validates carbon SaveCards and AI compute packets across the Mālama network. Get updates—learn first when we open in the coming days.