Data center for Microsoft consumes up to 420M liters of industrial water a week

"The complex consumes 420 million liters of industrial water per year for cooling, and its electricity consumption is equivalent to that of nearly all Amsterdam households combined."

"Pure DC's cooling system uses industrial water, which is pre-treated river water from the Rhine, and only a 'booster' in the piping was needed to accommodate the new location."

"The facility's design is aimed at maximum efficiency, as measured by the industry standard PUE (power usage effectiveness), but it does not meet the target of 1.16 PUE that new data centers are expected to achieve."

"For much of the year, the servers are cooled by outside air, and only when the outside temperature rises above 15 to 20 degrees does 'wet cooling' kick in."

Pure DC is building a major data center in Amsterdam Westpoort, exclusively for Microsoft. The facility will use 420 million liters of industrial water annually for cooling and consume electricity equivalent to nearly all Amsterdam households. Despite criticism from politicians, the project adheres to existing regulations. The design aims for efficiency with a PUE of 1.2, which is above the target for new centers. The cooling system utilizes pre-treated river water, and cooling primarily relies on outside air for most of the year.

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