## Sustainable power

### Modern datacenter cooling

Adiabatic cooling is a highly efficient closed-loop method of temperature control that uses evaporation and outside air to reduce energy usage and water consumption compared to traditional air cooling.

[Learn more](https://datacenters.microsoft.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Azure_Modern-Datacenter-Cooling_Infographic.pdf)

### Reliability

### Backup power

For each megawatt of datacenter capacity, Microsoft typically has just over one megawatt of battery backup and generator backup to ensure datacenters can meet the company’s service levels and operational reliability. In the event of a significant power outage, these generators are designed to run for 48 uninterrupted hours before refueling.

[Learn more](https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/learn-how-microsoft-datacenter-operations-prepare-for-energy-issues/)

### Infrastructure

### Energy consumption

Microsoft tracks hourly energy consumption and renewable energy matching 24/7, with near real-time monitoring.

[Learn more](https://news.microsoft.com/europe/features/how-microsofts-new-datacenter-region-in-sweden-incorporates-the-companys-sustainability-commitments/)

### Modern Datacenter Cooling

Microsoft uses louvers for intake and exhaust of air, as part of a free air cooling process.

[Learn more](https://datacenters.microsoft.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Azure_Modern-Datacenter-Cooling_Infographic.pdf)

## The Mechanical Area

Microsoft manages datacenter operations in a secure, reliable and sustainable manner, using the latest innovations in technology. Whether this is ensuring the server and network hardware is efficiently cooled, backup systems are reliably maintained, or physical and logical infrastructure are securely protected, people are at the center of everything that happens in our datacenter operations.

## Introducing the AI Assistant

You can ask the AI assistant questions about how we design, build and operate our datacenters with innovations around security, reliability, and sustainability.

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