# Microsoft's Fairwater AI datacenter is going live ahead of schedule.

*genai · news · 2026-04-19 · Wccftech*

## Key points

- Microsoft's Fairwater AI datacenter is going live ahead of its previously announced schedule.
- Fairwater will utilize hundreds of thousands of NVIDIA Blackwell GB200 GPUs in a single cluster.
- The facility connects its GPUs with enough fiber optic cabling to circle the globe 4.5 times.
- Microsoft is pre-paying for energy and building a new 250MW solar plant to avoid raising local energy prices.
- The datacenter uses a closed-loop liquid cooling system that requires no additional water post-construction.

**Companies:** Microsoft
**Countries:** United States

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