Microsoft details plan to prevent its data centers from straining power, water resources

Microsoft details plan to prevent its data centers from straining power, water resources

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 blog post. The Community-First AI Infrastructure Plan, as it’s known, comprises more than a dozen elements. Many of them focus on ensuring that […] The post Microsoft details plan to prevent its data centers from straining power, water resources appe…

Microsoft launches new initiative to limit data center costs

Microsoft has announced a community-focused initiative designed to lower water usage at its U.S. data centers and prevent increased electricity costs for the general public. The company will pay utility rates sufficient to cover its electricity costs and collaborate with local utilities to expand power supply and grid infrastructure as needed for its data centers. The big picture: Microsoft commits to replenishing more water than its data center…

Microsoft says its $7.7B data center in Mount Pleasant will power the future and support the community

MOUNT PLEASANT, WI — As Microsoft ramps up construction on what the company says will become the most powerful AI supercomputer in the world, the company says its record-breaking $7.7 billion investment in Racine County is about more than servers, data, and infrastructure. The company is committing to being a good neighbor. Microsoft President Brad Smith is a Racine County native, having spent part of his childhood in Mount Pleasant and Racine, …

Microsoft Commits to Ensure that New Datacenters Don’t Increase Electricity Prices or Impact Water Supply

Microsoft announced the launch of its new Community-First AI Infrastructure initiative, outlining a series of five key commitments focused on building and operating datacenters responsibly as the company continues to build out its AI infrastructure footprint. According to a post announcing the initiative by Microsoft President Brad Smith, the new plan commits the company to “concrete steps needed to be a good neighbor in the communities where we…

Microsoft tells communities it will ‘pay its way’ as AI data center resource usage sparks backlash

Resource-heavy AI data centers have been facing backlash across the US as big tech is increasingly having to answer to locals irate about skyrocketing power usage and utility rates. Microsoft is angling to get ahead of this and be what it calls a “good neighbor” with its newly-articulated Community-First AI Infrastructure strategy. Notably, the tech giant is promising that it will not cause increased power and water bills in the communities wher…