A Startup Has a Plan to Make Water From Air Using Data Centers’ Waste Heat

Key points

• A startup in California has developed a machine that extracts water from air using waste heat from data centres.
• The technology, based on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), requires no electricity and can produce up to 300 litres of water daily.
• Atoco, the company behind the innovation, aims to address water scarcity and data centre cooling needs, with plans to commercialise the product by the end of the year.