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

Microsoft has announced a new data centre design that requires zero water for cooling, as opposed to over 125 million litres of water used annually per data centre.

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

Microsoft announced a new system that will save millions of gallons of water at its under-construction data center in Mount Pleasant, set to start in 2026.

Microsoft is set to pilot data centre designs which use no water consumption for cooling in 2026 and will roll this approach out across all new sites in the coming years.

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.

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, 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 has launched zero-water cooling to save millions of liters annually and reduce the environmental impact of AI data centers.

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