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EZCond recovers and reuses water from data center waste heat and humid exhaust air, significantly reducing cooling system load and transforming facilities into water producers
About
EZCond™ revolutionizes data center sustainability by transforming their most outstanding liability - waste heat and humid exhaust air - into their most critical resource: pure cooling water. Unlike traditional atmospheric water generators (AWGs) that are limited by external climate conditions, EZCond™ uniquely leverages the consistent 32-35°C temperatures and 50% relative humidity found inside data center hot aisles for stable, year-round, climate-independent water production.
The market problem our innovation addresses is the unprecedented water crisis created by AI workloads in data centers. AI data centers consume significantly more power per chip and can use millions of liters of water daily, equivalent to the needs of thousands of households. A substantial portion of new U.S. data centers are located in water-stressed regions, exacerbating local scarcity and generating significant regional stress. This escalating water consumption leads to rising operational costs, mounting regulatory scrutiny (e.g., EU CSRD, European Commission plans to cap water consumption), and increasing community opposition to new facility builds. Major cloud providers like Microsoft, Google, and Meta have committed to ambitious "water positive" goals or eliminating evaporative cooling, creating an urgent demand for innovative solutions.
EZCond™ solves this by enabling data centers to become water producers, not just consumers, transforming waste into a valuable resource. Our patented pending technology recovers high-purity, PFAS-free distilled water from internal exhaust air, effectively eliminating dependency on scarce municipal water and significantly reducing the load on conventional cooling systems by utilizing waste heat for desiccant regeneration. This not only provides a fixed-cost, reliable water source but also helps data centers exceed sustainability mandates and removes water as a critical constraint on AI infrastructure growth.
Key Benefits
EZCond™'s innovation provides a multifaceted solution that fundamentally transforms how data canters operate, improving their sustainability, economic viability, and strategic positioning in the face of the growing AI water crisis.
Key Benefits of EZCond™'s Innovation:
- Climate-Independent Water Production: EZCond™ uniquely leverages the consistent internal conditions of data center hot aisles (32-35°C temperatures and 50% relative humidity) to produce water reliably, regardless of external climate or weather conditions. This is a significant differentiator from traditional AWG systems that are highly dependent on outdoor ambient air.
- Waste-to-Resource Transformation: The system transforms the data center's most outstanding liabilities into a critical resource: high-purity distilled water. This aligns with circular economy principles, enhancing corporate sustainability credentials.
- Significant Water Independence and Reduction: EZCond™ reduces dependency on scarce municipal water, enabling data center operations and expansion in water-restricted zones. A single unit can produce 7-10 cubic meters (7,000-10,000 liters) of water per day at optimal conditions, with a 10-box modular unit yielding 45,000 liters/day. This addresses the explosive water consumption of AI data centers, which can use millions of liters daily.
- Reduced Cooling System Load and Energy Consumption: By utilizing waste heat for desiccant regeneration, EZCond™ reduces net energy consumption and minimizes water loss through its closed-loop design. It can also reduce the data center's HVAC load due to the return of cooled air into the facility. This translates to an energy efficiency that is superior to traditional AWG systems.
- High-Purity Water Output: The system produces PFAS-free distilled water, which is ideal for cooling systems as it prevents mineral buildup, ensuring optimal performance and longevity of cooling infrastructure.
- Modular Scalability and Seamless Integration: EZCond™ offers a modular, containerized design that can be deployed individually or in arrays to match facility water requirements, from 1MW edge to 100MW+ hyperscale data centers. It is purpose-built for data center environments and integrates with existing HVAC infrastructure without significant modifications.
How a client's business will be improved or changed by using EZCond™:
Implementing EZCond technology will have a profound impact on a client's business, offering immediate crisis resolution, economic transformation, and strategic future-proofing.
- Operational Reliability and Independence:
- Clients will reduce their municipal water dependency, ensuring continuous operation even in water-stressed regions or during periods of drought. This removes water as a critical constraint on AI infrastructure growth, making geography irrelevant for data center siting.
- The predictable and stable water production from internal conditions ensures resilient water recovery across various environments.
- Economic Transformation:
- Data centers will move from incurring rising water costs to enjoying fixed-cost water production.
- The system offers an attractive payback period and ROI for customers, leading to significant annual savings.
- By reducing cooling energy consumption, EZCond™ also lowers operational expenditure, further enhancing profitability.
- Ability to apply to Carbon Credit benefits.
- Strategic future-proofing and ESG Achievement:
- Clients will come closer to sustainability mandates (e.g., EU CSRD, European Commission plans to cap water consumption by 2026) and corporate water commitments from major players like Microsoft ("water positive" by 2030, eliminating evaporative cooling by 2027) and Google (120% replenishment by 2030).
- This allows for quantified ESG impact measurement, which is crucial for mandatory sustainability reporting and investor relations.
- By addressing water scarcity, EZCond™ reduces operational risk from regulatory restrictions and supports positive community relations, mitigating community opposition to new facility builds. This is especially important as data centers are increasingly scrutinised for their environmental impact.
- It helps companies achieve "water-neutral" cooling, a significant step towards full climate neutrality.
In essence, EZCond™ enables data centers to "Never Choose Between AI Growth and Water Sustainability Again." It transforms them into water producers, removing water as the last physical constraint on digital growth and enabling unlimited computational expansion potential.
Applications
EZCond™'s target market is primarily focused on the rapidly growing and water-intensive AI data center industry, specifically targeting segments and geographies most affected by water scarcity and regulatory pressure.
Here's a breakdown of our target market:
1. Primary Customer Segments
- Hyperscale Cloud Providers:
- Examples: Microsoft, Amazon/AWS, Google Cloud, Meta, Apple.
- Attributes/Pain Points: These are major players with multi-megawatt requirements and strong ESG commitments and sustainability mandates. They face immense water consumption challenges, with typical 100-megawatt facilities using 2 million liters daily and have pledged to become "water positive" or eliminate evaporative cooling by 2030 (e.g., Microsoft by 2027, Google and Meta by 2030, AWS by 2030). They are under increasing scrutiny for water usage and face community opposition to new facility builds. EZCond™ offers a solution that directly helps them meet these aggressive targets and mitigate reputational and regulatory risks.
- Colocation Providers:
- Examples: Digital Realty, Equinix, CyrusOne, QTS, Switch.
- Attributes/Pain Points: These providers often host multiple tenants with water efficiency requirements. They seek differentiation, operational cost reduction, and solutions to meet tenant demands for sustainability. They are also keen on achieving competitive PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) and WUE (Water Usage Effectiveness) metrics to meet hyperscaler standards. EZCond™'s technology offers a competitive advantage and OpEx reduction.
- AI-Focused Data Centers:
- Attributes/Pain Points: These are specialized facilities supporting GPU-intensive workloads, which result in significantly higher water consumption due to increased cooling requirements (e.g., NVIDIA's GB200 systems consume 120-140kW, requiring more intensive cooling than traditional racks). They are often early adopters of innovative cooling technologies to support their rapid growth. EZCond™ directly addresses their need for sustainable, high-capacity cooling water.
- Regional Data Center Developers and Government and Academic HPC (High-Performance Computing) Centers:
- Attributes/Pain Points: Regional developers need to address local water scarcity and regulations, while government/academic centers are driven by commitments to sustainability and innovation, often seeking pilot projects for new water recovery technologies.
2. Geographic Prioritization
EZCond™ employs a phased geographic expansion strategy, focusing on regions with acute water stress, high data center growth, and favourable regulatory environments.
- Tier 1 Markets (Initial Focus - Water-Stressed Regions):
- US Southwest (Arizona, Nevada, California, Texas): These states face chronic droughts and have a high concentration of data centers. For instance, 66% of new US data centers are in water-stressed regions, and Arizona's data center cluster alone is projected to consume 905 million gallons in 2025. Regulatory pressure and community opposition are intense here. EZCond™ offers immediate crisis resolution and enables expansion in these restricted zones.
- Middle East and Gulf States (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar): This region is experiencing a rapid data center build-out, but faces extreme aridity and reliance on expensive, energy-intensive desalinated water. Governments have aggressive sustainability targets (e.g., Saudi Vision 2030, UAE Net Zero 2050), making water-saving technologies a priority. EZCond™ offers a sustainable alternative to desalination by reducing both water and energy consumption.
- Southern Europe (Spain, Italy, Greece): While Europe has fewer deserts, parts of Southern Europe face summer droughts, and the EU is increasing scrutiny on data center water use. EZCond™ provides a resilience measure and aligns with EU sustainability regulations like the CSRD.
- Tier 2 Markets (High Growth Regions - Expansion):
- Northern Virginia and Texas Data Center Hubs: These are areas with rapid data center growth and increasing water concerns. Northern Virginia saw a 250% increase in data center water consumption from 2019-2022.
- Northern Europe (Netherlands, Germany, UK): Although often wetter, these regions have extremely high sustainability expectations and increasing regulatory scrutiny on data center environmental impact, including water usage.
- Asia Pacific (Singapore, India, Malaysia): Future expansion will target these regions as digital growth continues globally.
By focusing on these specific customer segments and geographic areas, EZCond™ targets the most urgent needs and highest growth potential within the data center industry for its water generation technology.