August 30, 2026
Meta detailed the closed-loop liquid cooling systems used across most of its newest AI data centers.
By recirculating coolant directly through hardware, the design reduces water demand and enables denser GPU racks. An AI-assisted optimization pilot also cut cooling-fan energy by 20% and water use by 4%.
Anthropic has opened a research preview of the Model Hardware Standard (MHS), a shared specification that lets AI agents operate physical equipment safely.