Nvidia says its AI data center design runs hotter to use a lot less water
By switching to 100 percent liquid cooling and running servers hotter, Nvidia claims it can cut water use to “near zero.”
by Stevie Bonifield
Jun 22, 2026, 11:24 PM UTC
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Stevie Bonifield is a news writer covering all things consumer tech. Stevie started out at Laptop Mag writing news and reviews on hardware, gaming, and AI.
Public pushback against data centers has emphasized their water and energy consumption, and now Nvidia is highlighting its claim that the Rubin generation reference design for a fully liquid-cooled data center has “eliminated massive amounts of power usage and pretty much all water usage.” Still, it doesn’t address all of the concerns around AI data centers, including during their construction, and for the power generation requirements of the massive facilities. Also, as Gizmodopoints out, Nvidia’s blog post doesn’t mention the cost of building this...
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