By Jay Fitzgerald – A blog about Boston, Hub of the Universe, and everything else.


Oddest business deal of the week: Microsoft to buy 622K tons of ‘green’ cement from a Somerville startup

The BBJ has the details on the tech giant’s purchase of Sublime Systems’ low-carbon cement product that it expects to make at a future factory in Holyoke. … How much is 622,000 metric tons of cement? Enough to build 25 to 35 full-scale NFL stadiums, the BBJ reports.

Update — Banker & Tradesman’s James Sanna has more on the ‘megaton’ factory that Sublime Systems, an MIT spinoff, is building in Holyoke.

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