LanzaJet expands partnership with Microsoft to strengthen global growth

LanzaJet Inc. announced June 12 a new agreement with Microsoft to adopt Microsoft Azure as the company’s preferred cloud platform.

The agreement marks an expansion of LanzaJet’s partnership with Microsoft and underscores the central role innovation plays in scaling next-generation fuels for aviation. 

LanzaJet will leverage Azure to support its global growth by enhancing the company’s operational systems, financial platforms and data-driven decision-making capabilities, including those related to plant performance and supply-chain optimization. 

“For early-stage technology companies like LanzaJet, partners matter, and Microsoft has been with us from the start,” said Anne Sidio, LanzaJet’s chief transformation officer. “This agreement builds on a multilevel relationship with Microsoft, from early investment in our company to renewable fuel offtake agreements and now digital infrastructure, reflecting the kind of collaboration needed to accelerate innovation, scale operations and build a secure and resilient global platform.”

Microsoft has been a cornerstone partner in LanzaJet’s journey, providing both capital and commercial alignment.

The Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund was among the first institutions to invest in LanzaJet, offering one of the company’s earliest low-interest loans to help finance the construction of LanzaJet Freedom Pines Fuels, the world’s first commercial ethanol-to-SAF facility in Soperton, Georgia.

Microsoft deepened that commitment in 2024 with a direct investment in LanzaJet to support continued global deployment of its technology. 

In addition to financial backing, Microsoft is also an offtaker of LanzaJet’s fuels, leveraging renewable diesel as well as SAF certificates (SAFc) from future LanzaJet projects to advance its own emissions-reduction goals and fulfill its industry-leading sustainability commitments, including becoming carbon negative by 2030.

With this June 12 announcement, Microsoft becomes a core technology partner supporting LanzaJet’s internal systems as the company scales its global operations. 

“Microsoft's continued support of LanzaJet reinforces the critical role enterprise-grade technology can play in climate innovation,” said Alistair Speirs, the senior director of Azure global infrastructure at Microsoft. “We are glad to be partnering with a leader in the sustainable fuels industry and be a part of LanzaJet’s continued mission to decarbonize aviation.”

As LanzaJet expands its project portfolio across the U.S., Europe, Asia and Latin America, building its global platform on Azure will enable secure, scalable connectivity across regions while supporting robust data management in areas ranging from feedstock traceability to emissions accounting.