Microsoft launches data center initiative to limit power costs, water use

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Tue, January 13, 2026 astatine 8:18 AM CST 1 min read

Jan 13 (Reuters) - Microsoft connected Tuesday unveiled a community-focused inaugural aimed ​at lowering h2o usage astatine its ‌U.S. information centers and ensuring that the ‌power-hungry facilities bash not thrust up energy prices for the public.

The institution volition wage inferior rates precocious capable to ⁠cover its energy ‌costs and enactment with section utilities to grow powerfulness proviso ‍and adhd the required infrastructure to the grid erstwhile needed for its information centers.

Microsoft ​also pledged to replenish much ‌water than its information centers consume. The institution said it would commencement publishing water-use accusation for each information halfway portion successful the U.S., on with ⁠its advancement connected replenishment.

The ​announcement comes aft U.S. ​President Donald Trump said the tech elephantine would marque "major changes" successful ‍its ⁠AI infrastructure plans to marque definite consumers bash not wage much for ⁠electricity due to the fact that of information centers' powerfulness consumption.

(Reporting ‌by Deborah Sophia successful Bengaluru; Editing ‌by Shilpi Majumdar)


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