MIDA says closed-loop cooling and on-site generation will limit water and grid impacts

Commissioners and members of the public pressed MIDA on water and power. Hillary Venable and technical representative Austin Pritchett said data centers would use closed-loop cooling that reuses water and that the campus is designed to generate its own energy on-site. "The data centers are expected to use closed loop cooling systems... the long term water demand is expected to be closer to what you would see from a large office campus, not a traditional industrial use," Venable said.