The Redmond, Wash., tech giant shared new data center design plans that use a closed-loop water system for cooling its processing hardware.

Microsoft is set to pilot a new closed-loop data center cooling system It will cool on a tighter chip level for improved efficiency By 2030 it wants to replenish more water than it consumes Microsoft is aiming to reduce its reliance on natural resources by eliminating the need for water to cool its power- and resource-hungry AI data centers in a major leap forward for sustainability.

Company says this is part of its sustainability efforts as it continues to build new facilities to support AI and other technologies.

Microsoft, one of the biggest cloud service providers with hundreds of data centers around the world detailed a next-gen data center design that consumes no water for cooling.

Microsoft's latest data centers will employ a new cooling system that doesn't draw water from the surrounding environment. The design aims to address environmental concerns as

Microsoft plans to deploy a zero-water evaporation design in its upcoming data centers. The closed loop system will first be piloted at its under-construction data centers in Phoenix, Arizona, and Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, in 2026.

Microsoft Corp. has previewed a new data center design that will significantly reduce the amount of water necessary to cool its servers. Steve Solomon, the company’s vice president of data center infrastructure engineering, detailed the technology in a Monday blog post.