Nvidia's Rubin liquid-cooled data center design drastically reduces water usage and energy consumption, addressing environmental concerns tied to traditional cooling methods.
NVIDIA's Rubin liquid-cooling design cuts data center water use from 2.6M gallons/megawatt/year to near zero while reducing operational costs. For infrastructure buyers, this addresses ESG pressures and lowers token economics—sustainability becomes a competitive edge in AI stack decisions.
NVIDIA's new cooling system can produce up to a 100% reduction in water use
Jun 23, 2026
09:58 am
What's the storyNVIDIA has revealed a new Rubin generation reference design for a fully liquid-cooled data center runs hotter and saves a lot of water.
The company claims this innovative design has "eliminated massive amounts of power usage and pretty much all water usage."
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The company says it has eliminated “pretty much all water usage” with its new liquid cooling design.
Data centers running “hotter than a hot tub.”
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