Microsoft engineers have devised a new way to keep data centers cool — and it might help prevent the next generation of artificial intelligence (AI) hardware from cooking itself to death. The ...

The chips that datacenters use to run the latest AI breakthroughs generate much more heat than previous generations of silicon. Anybody whose phone or laptop has overheated knows that electronics ...

Forward-looking: Microsoft has taken a significant step toward addressing the thermal challenges of next-generation data processing hardware. The company has developed an in-chip microfluidic cooling ...

Although it isn’t sharing the designs, Microsoft is influencing other data center operators with its zero water consumption cooling system. Microsoft’s new data center designs include a cooling system ...

Why it matters: Operating data centers requires a lot of energy, and the enormous amount of water used to cool them is a growing environmental concern. As the expansion of AI data centers exacerbates ...

Microsoft's new data center in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, is set to become one of the world's most powerful supercomputers. The facility will employ a closed-loop water system for cooling, though its ...