Microsoft is building its first of two planned data centers made with cross-laminated timber in a bid to "slash the use of ...

Rather than using the traditional materials of steel and concrete for the entire build, Microsoft is using cross-laminated timber (CLT) for a new data center in ...

Microsoft is working with engineers at Thornton Tomasetti and Gensler on two new data centers in Virginia that will be built using a hybrid construction model. The facilities will make use of mass ...

Steel and concrete, the traditional materials used in data center construction, are major carbon emittersm but in a move ...

The company does not provide any absolute figures. Microsoft is currently building two data centers with cross-laminated timber in the US state of Virginia to test the principle. If the process ...

Microsoft Research has given a glimpse at some of its prototype data center robotics efforts. In a paper for Hotnets, the team said that "this marks the beginning of a fundamental shift in how we ...

Last December, microgrid provider Enchanted Rock announced it would purchase renewable natural gas from food waste to help power a microgrid that provides resilience at a Microsoft data center in San ...

Microsoft will rely on wood to build two new data centers in Northern Virginia, slashing its use of steel and concrete, along with its overall carbon emissions, the company announced Thursday.

In a similar fashion to Talen, Constellation reached a 20-year deal with Microsoft to power its data center in But the FERC's decision sets a precedent that could challenge nuclear data center deals.