California requires companies like ours to disclose how voluntary carbon and water credits are purchased and used. We think that’s smart — so here’s everything, plain and clear.
1. Types of Credits We Purchase
Carbon Offsets – measured in metric tons of CO₂e (carbon dioxide equivalent).
Water Restoration Certificates – measured in gallons of restored water flows.
2. Registries & Standards
American Carbon Registry (ACR) – for carbon offsets.
Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) – for water restoration credits.
Both organizations use third-party verification standards to ensure credits are valid and traceable.
3. Allocation of FundsApproximately 60% of all subscription revenue is allocated to environmental offsets.Of that offset pool, funds are split 50% to carbon projects and 50% to water projects.The remaining 40% supports operations (technology, compliance, staff, etc.).
4. Project Locations & Focus
Regional selection methodology
Clean My Robot uses a region-based environmental burden framework to help guide where we prioritize environmental credit purchases in the United States. Our goal is not to claim that any single credit “undoes” the impacts of AI or data center activity. Instead, we seek to direct support toward regions where major U.S. AI and data center growth appears to place meaningful pressure on electricity systems, water systems, or both.
For carbon-related purchases, we prioritize U.S. regions where data center growth appears linked to fossil-heavy grids, high marginal emissions, rapid load growth, or major power-system strain.
For water-related purchases, we prioritize U.S. regions where data center growth appears connected to stressed basins, drought vulnerability, potable-water pressure, or broader regional water constraints.
This regional methodology is one factor in our selection process. Actual carbon-offset purchases are made at the project level, and project-specific disclosures are provided separately in accordance with applicable law, including California AB 1305. Water restoration credits are evaluated separately and are not presented as carbon offsets.
Current priority regions
The following regions are part of Clean My Robot’s current U.S. regional-priority framework. These priorities may change over time as data center development, utility conditions, water conditions, and project availability evolve.
Northern Virginia (Loudoun County / “Data Center Alley”)
A major hyperscale concentration with continued growth and significant electricity-system burden.
Current focus: carbon-priority
Greater Phoenix, Arizona
A major hyperscale region in a highly water-stressed metro with ongoing infrastructure pressure.
Current focus: water-priority, with selective carbon relevance
West Texas / Abilene–Dallas-Fort Worth corridor
A fast-growing AI and hyperscale region associated with large electricity demand and carbon-intensive power concerns.
Current focus: carbon-priority, with selective water relevance
Central Ohio (Columbus / New Albany / Lancaster corridor)
A rapidly growing data center market with meaningful new electricity demand and growing infrastructure impacts.
Current focus: carbon-priority
Atlanta / Georgia Power territory
A fast-growing data center region where electricity-system expansion and fossil-fuel dependence remain material concerns.
Current focus: carbon-priority, with selective water relevance
Great Salt Lake basin / Salt Lake City region
A Mountain West growth region where water scarcity is a regional concern and some low-water data center strategies may shift burden toward higher electricity demand.
Current focus: water-priority and carbon-priority
Columbia Gorge / The Dalles, Oregon
A region where data center growth has been closely associated with local water-system pressure.
Current focus: water-priority
California water-stress regions
Clean My Robot may also support selected California water-restoration geographies, including groundwater- and watershed-stressed regions, where doing so is consistent with our broader regional-burden framework. These water-related purchases are evaluated separately from carbon-offset purchases.
Current focus: water-priority
Important note
Regional prioritization does not mean that every dollar is spent in the exact metro area identified above, nor that every environmental burden in a region can be measured or matched on a one-to-one basis. It means that Clean My Robot seeks to favor U.S.-based projects that are geographically and environmentally relevant to major AI and data center burden zones, while also considering project quality, verification, availability, durability, and legal compliance.
5. Retirement & Certificates
- Carbon credits are retired monthly on behalf of active subscribers. Water Restoration Certificates are retired quarterly on behalf of active subscribers.
- Each subscriber selects a Public Ledger ID (e.g., ChadGPT89).
- Retired credits are published to our Public Ledger with certificate links, serial numbers, and project details.
6. Limitations
- Credits are retired in good faith, but offsets do not guarantee “net zero.”
- Effectiveness depends on project performance and third-party verification.
- We do not control future project methodologies or outcomes.
7. Questions?If you’d like more information about a specific project or credit, email us at support@cleanmyrobot.com