Data centre
Microsoft Des Moines
Reported in connection with large-scale AI model training, and cited in academic work estimating the water footprint of training runs.
Key facts
- Operator
- Microsoft
- Location
- Iowa, United States
- Cooling technology
- Evaporative cooling
- Water source
- Municipal supply
- Disclosure basis
- Company reported
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Sources
- Individual corporations — Published corporate sustainability and water reports. Public but restricted · Publisher terms — public access, reuse not clearly granted