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

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Reuters

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)