Amid growing concern, data center developers insist they won't stress Wyoming water

Name: Amid growing concern, data center developers insist they won't stress Wyoming water
Uploaded: 2026-05-21T02:19:42.000Z
Duration: 1 min 59 s
Description: Officials from Microsoft and Prometheus Hyperscale recently informed Wyoming lawmakers that new data center cooling technologies significantly reduce water consumption. Despite these assurances, the arid state's residents continue to express concern over water usage by data centers.

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Officials from Microsoft and Prometheus Hyperscale recently informed Wyoming lawmakers that new data center cooling technologies significantly reduce water consumption. Despite these assurances, the arid state's residents continue to express concern over water usage by data centers.

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Microsoft and Prometheus Hyperscale officials recently assured lawmakers that geothermal and new closed-loop cooling systems require a fraction of the water that older data centers use. Yet water remains a concern for many in our arid state.

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