The tech news story that caught my eye this week was Microsoft claiming next-generation closed-loop cooling data center designs will consume zero water.

Techmeme: Microsoft unveils a data center design that uses zero water for cooling, down from the 125M+ liters per year a typical center uses, rolling out since August (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)

By Dina Bass / Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.

For example, when you hear statistics such as AI queries use up a bottle of water per prompt, widening adoption of this Microsoft design could mean AI data centers become less thirsty.