Microsoft's data center construction has increased, and most of these figures don't account for new projects in the last year ...

Microsoft's next two data center buildings in West Des Moines will use new "zero-water" cooling technology, company officials tell Axios. Why it matters: Communities across the country have wrestled ...

Microsoft is trying to rewrite the social contract for the AI era, promising that the next wave of data centers will not send household power bills soaring or drain local water supplies. Instead of ...

Internal forecasts show that Microsoft expected its annual water needs for roughly 100 data center complexes worldwide to ...

The proliferation of AI data centers across the country has raised concerns about increasing electricity prices, the impact on local water supplies, and whether the facilities actually benefit the ...

Jan 13 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab on Tuesday unveiled an initiative to curb water usage at its U.S. data centers and limit the impact on the general population from any potential ...

Microsoft Corp. today announced an initiative to prevent its data centers from harming the areas where they’re built. Brad Smith, the tech giant’s vice chair and president, detailed the program in a ...

Microsoft said it will pay its own way as the artificial intelligence (AI) boom drives massive energy demands across the country. The company announced Tuesday that it will absorb higher utility rates ...

Microsoft said that consumers won't pay more when the software maker sets up data centers and committed to replenish more water than it uses. Utility prices have climbed across the U.S. as tech ...