Microsoft Corp.trying to mitigate the climate impact of its data center building boombegins rolling out a new design that uses no water to cool the facility’s chips and servers.
Launched in August, the new design will eliminate more than 125 million liters of water that each data center typically uses each year, the company said in a statement. The new system uses a “closed loop” to recycle water; Liquid is added during construction and circulates continuously, avoiding the need for new supplies.