Riyze Energy has developed a patent-pending recirculating water-recovery system for data center cooling towers — targeting 80–90% freshwater recovery through three integrated subsystems under a single supervisory controller.
Get in touchThe Problem
A single hyperscale facility can withdraw hundreds of millions of gallons of freshwater annually through evaporative cooling towers — most of it lost to atmosphere or discharged as mineral-laden blowdown. As AI infrastructure expands into arid regions, regulators, municipalities, and communities are pushing back. Conventional fixes address nuisance. None return water to supply.
A vendor-agnostic retrofit cassette that integrates three water-recovery subsystems into a single recirculating loop — coordinated by a real-time supervisory controller that maintains tower performance guardrails throughout.
Staged electrostatic and high-surface-area condenser assembly positioned over the fan stack intercepts moisture lost to exhaust — the largest single recovery pathway.
Module 104Multi-stage filtration and membrane separation reclaims high-mineral-content water that would otherwise be discharged — removing scale-forming compounds for reuse in the primary loop.
System 60Low-grade heat already present in the facility drives distillation of remaining side streams — no additional energy draw required to polish reclaimed water to specification.
Unit 50Provisional application No. 63/909,336 filed October 31, 2025. Full integrated architecture documented. Non-provisional prosecution in progress with active IP counsel.
Accepted and in progress — completing July 2026. 30+ structured customer discovery interviews with data center operators validating pilot design assumptions and commercial deployment model.
Program-fit discussions completed. Invited to apply for federal grant funding under the Desalination and Water Purification Research Program, October 2026 FOA cycle.
A skid-mounted single cooling-tower cell retrofit at a colocation facility in a water-stressed metro — reversible, bypassable, and vendor-agnostic. Independent utility-led M&V quantifies every gallon saved.
Target locations: Phoenix · Las Vegas · Tucson · Northern Virginia
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Riyze Energy is actively seeking a colocation or regional data center operator as pilot host, and engaging utility and university M&V partners. We welcome conversations with operators, investors, and potential collaborators.