Microsoft Corp. today announced an initiative to prevent its data centers from harming the areas where they’re built. Brad Smith, the tech giant’s vice chair and president, detailed the program in a ...

Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith laid out a plan Tuesday to reduce the tech giant’s impact on electricity bills and water resources amid growing local opposition across the country to AI ...

Water-resource conflicts already happening in Spain, Ireland and the Netherlands will only worsen now that the EU Commission ...

Microsoft has announced plans to redesign its data centres using high-temperature superconductors (HTS). These materials, through which electricity flows without resistance, appear meant to calm ...

Microsoft says it will ask to pay higher electricity bills in areas where it’s building data centers, in an effort to prevent electricity prices for local residents from rising in those areas. The ...