Nobel Winner Wants to Pull Fresh Water From the Air Using Waste Heat
A 3D model crafted by students at Hudson Valley Community College of one of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2025 winners and HVCC graduate Omar Yaghi's metal organic frameworks.Credit: Albany Times Union/Hearst Newspapers/Getty Images
When you ask Americans why they oppose data centers (and they do), the main reasons come down to pollution, electricity, and water. The first two have drawn much research, but the third has long received less direct attention. But many of the most monstrous data center projects require huge amounts of water for cooling, which can affect water prices and even availability from municipal supplies.
Now, a startup called Atoco has technology based on research that won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and it could meaningfully improve outlooks on future water scarcity. The founder, Nobel co-winner Omar Yaghi, actually believes his company's technology could help solve much more than that.
Atoco's new device uses...
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