Public statement checked
Answer
Verdict on the wording above: Company claim The only support is the company or its agents. Shown as stated, not adopted. Not a finding that it is true or false. How verdicts work →
- Who stated it
- Said by Microsoft · company statement in Microsoft design disclosure · 9 December 2024 →
- What the evidence establishes
- Microsoft says Mount Pleasant will pilot the closed-loop design in 2026 and says sites using the new design will begin coming online in late 2027. This is a design claim, not an operating measurement. It is shown as the company’s statement, not as a finding either way.
- Biggest limitation
- Operating configuration, initial-fill volume, other site water uses, and measured withdrawal, consumption, and discharge.
- Checked
- 16 September 2026 · Next review: Mount Pleasant pilot operating evidence or a site-specific water-use disclosure · History (1) →
Evidence
What the evidence supports
Microsoft says Mount Pleasant will pilot the closed-loop design in 2026 and says sites using the new design will begin coming online in late 2027. This is a design claim, not an operating measurement.
Still unknown
Operating configuration, initial-fill volume, other site water uses, and measured withdrawal, consumption, and discharge.
Sources
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Microsoft design disclosure → Archived copy Company
Exact location https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-cloud/blog/2024/12/09/sustainable-by-design-next-generation-datacenters-consume-zero-water-for-cooling/
What it supports Closed-loop cooling design, initial-fill boundary, Mount Pleasant pilot timing, and stated online timing.
Corrections and history
Correction · 16 September 2026 · Editorial classification update
microsoft-mount-pleasant → Cooling + water
Field Cooling + water
From Microsoft Mount Pleasant: Announced
To Microsoft says its Mount Pleasant pilot will use closed-loop chip-level cooling without evaporating water for cooling.
Why A source re-read replaced a generated status label with the exact company claim and restored a concise unit boundary.
Evidence No additional evidence link; see the linked record or claim.
Review details
Scope
- Unit
- cooling-water design
- Geography
- Microsoft Mount Pleasant pilot, Wisconsin
- Period
- 2026 and late 2027
- Confidence
- medium — company announcement
- Kind
- Public statement checked
Conflicting evidence
None recorded when this claim was checked. That records what we logged, not a finding that no conflicting record exists.
Chronology
- Stated by Microsoft
- Published — Microsoft design disclosure
- Source retrieved
- Changed wording recorded
- Checked by DataCenterData
- Date not established Next review: Mount Pleasant pilot operating evidence or a site-specific water-use disclosure
Data
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