Edged US opened the first building of its Aurora, Illinois campus in February 2025 — making it one of the earliest operational zero-water AI data center facilities in the United States. The campus is equipped with ThermalWorks, a proprietary waterless cooling system developed by Edged’s sister company, delivering liquid-to-chip cooling at densities exceeding 200 kW per rack. At full buildout of 96 MW across three buildings, the campus is projected to save nearly 380 million gallons of water annually compared to conventional evaporative cooling designs. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was attended by Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin, ComEd (the local utility), and city economic development officials — establishing the facility as a documented community partnership success.
Fairfax County, Virginia: The Compliance Framework
Fairfax County, Virginia, adopted on September 10, 2024 what is widely regarded as the most comprehensive data center noise and siting ordinance in the United States. It was developed after months of contentious public hearings, [...]
Immersion & Liquid Cooling: The Near-Silent Data Center
The fundamental source of data center community noise complaints is air movement: the high-speed fans required to push large volumes of air through server racks and exhaust heat to the exterior. These fans are noisy [...]
Amazon Web Services Great Oak Retrofit
The Amazon Great Oak data center complex in Prince William County, Virginia, represents the most thoroughly documented noise response case in U.S. data center history. It is not a success story without complications — and [...]