Among Americans’ many concerns about data centers—from the constant humming sound to high electricity prices—heavy water consumption stands out. Residents of towns with data centers have reported contaminated water, low water pressure, and unauthorized siphoning, putting one of life’s essentials under threat.
Nvidia thinks it has the solution for that: its new server infrastructure.
The company announced on Monday that its newest AI servers will entirely use liquid cooling, a method that eliminates the need for air-cooling fans that rely on water.
Instead, heat will be dissipated by a liquid coolant made of water and propylene glycol that’s recirculated in a closed loop. The company says the system doesn’t need to draw in new water.
“We have eliminated massive amounts of power usage and pretty much all water usage,” Ali Heydari, Nvidia’s director of data center cooling and infrastructure, said in a statement.
