AI Capacity That Answers for Its Energy.
Every megawatt we design is a decision about power, water and heat for the next fifteen years. We engineer facilities to a PUE 1.1 design target, warm-water cooling that needs almost no water, heat that gets reused instead of rejected, and a renewable-energy path for the site — and we hold our own company to dated targets we publish here.
Our Commitments
Four things we design into every facility, whatever its size.
PUE 1.1 Design Target
Direct-to-chip liquid cooling, warm-water loops (W32/W45) and free cooling for most of the Texas year. Mechanical overhead becomes a tenth of IT load instead of a third.
Near-Zero Water Use
Closed-loop dry coolers in place of evaporative towers. Design WUE below 0.1 L/kWh, against an industry average measured in litres.
Heat Reused, Not Rejected
45 °C return water is useful heat. Where a taker exists — building heating, hot water, process load — we design the interface so the facility becomes a heat supplier.
Renewable Path for Every Site
Utility green tariffs, PPAs, on-site solar with storage, and RECs for the remainder — modelled in the design basis, not added afterwards.
Where the Energy Goes
PUE is total facility power divided by IT power. Everything above 1.0 is overhead — cooling, conversion losses, lighting. Liquid cooling with warm water is what moves the number.
The Path to PUE 1.1
Six engineering decisions, taken in order, on every project.
- 01
Cool with Warm Water
Cold plates on GPU, CPU and switch ASICs accept 32–45 °C supply water. That single number removes the chiller for most of the year.
- 02
Reject Heat Dry
Dry coolers on the roof or pad, not evaporative towers. No make-up water, no chemical treatment, no plume.
- 03
Shorten the Power Chain
415 V three-phase to the rack today and 800 VDC-ready distribution for the next generation; fewer conversion stages, less waste heat in the electrical room.
- 04
Give the Heat a Job
Heat-exchanger interface to campus heating, domestic hot water or an industrial process where one exists; designed in from the first drawing.
- 05
Buy Clean Electrons
Site-specific renewable procurement: green tariff, PPA, on-site solar and battery storage, RECs to close the gap — with the accounting your sustainability report needs.
- 06
Measure and Report
Breaker-level metering, PUE and WUE on the dashboard, and the data exported for your own disclosures.
Renewable Energy for Your Site
Texas has the largest wind fleet in the country and a solar build-out to match. Getting it onto your meter is a procurement design, and we do it as part of the facility design.
Utility Green Tariffs
The fastest route for most Texas sites: ERCOT retail electricity providers offer 100% renewable products backed by Texas wind and solar. No capital, contract-length flexibility.
Power Purchase Agreements
For 5 MW and above, a virtual or physical PPA with a Texas wind or solar project fixes a price for 10–15 years and delivers additionality. We model it against your load profile.
On-Site Solar and Storage
Rooftop and canopy solar rarely covers an AI hall's load, but paired with battery storage it shaves peaks, firms the supply and shortens generator run time.
Bridge Generation, Honestly
Where the utility date is years out, behind-the-meter gas gets you running. We design it to move to backup when the grid connection lands, and we say so in the plan.
Renewable Energy Certificates
Green-e certified RECs close the remaining gap for annual matching. Useful, but we never present RECs alone as a renewable facility.
Lifecycle and Materials
Vendor take-back and R2-certified recycling for decommissioned hardware, refurbished optics and components where warranty allows, and embodied-carbon data from suppliers in the BOM.
Our Own Targets
Dated, published, and updated here each year.
- Every design basis we issue carries a PUE and WUE target and a renewable procurement option.
- Company operations in Frisco on a 100% renewable retail electricity product.
- Publish this page and update it annually.
- Every facility we commission reports measured PUE and WUE for its first twelve months.
- Heat-reuse interface designed into every new build where a heat taker exists within the campus.
- Supplier embodied-carbon data captured for 80% of BOM value.
- Fleet-weighted design PUE of 1.1 or better across facilities we have delivered.
- Net-zero Scope 1 and 2 emissions for our own operations.
- Decommissioning and take-back plan included in every handover.
- PUE and WUE figures are design targets for the facilities we engineer; measured values depend on climate, load profile and operation and are reported per facility after commissioning.
- Company goals apply to AI Datacenter LLC's own operations (Scope 1 and 2). Facility-level outcomes are the client's and are reported with their consent.
- Comparative PUE values for legacy and air-cooled halls are typical industry ranges, provided for context.
Want the numbers for your site?
A design basis from us includes PUE and WUE targets and a renewable procurement option for your location and load. Ask for one.
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