Microsoft selects rainwater cooling to appease Dutch farmers

Odata breaks ground on 28 MW Santiago data centre

The Chilean data centre industry has swelled in the past year , as the country ’ s digital economy has exhibited strong growth . Now , Brazilian data centre operator Odata is continuing its pan-LATAM expansion with a $ 217mn facility near Santiago .

The sheer volume of water consumed hourly by the average hyperscale data centre is creating problems for operators and - more importantly - the people who live nearby . Following protests by local farmers , Microsoft has announced that it will use rainwater to cool its Dutch data centres , passing on the excess to local agriculture .

O2 to cut 1mn kilos of CO2 per year with data centre upgrade

In order to meet its carbon neutrality commitments by 2025 , O2 has announced plans to “ radically overhaul ” the cooling infrastructure used in its data centres and “ core network sites ”, an initiative which the company claims will allow it to accelerate its carbon reduction roadmap by saving 1mn kilos of CO2 year-on-year .

16 June 2021