Austin, Texas-based water-harvesting company Aquaria Technologies has announced a new offering for the data center sector.

The company this week announced that it was opening applications for a pilot of its Hydrogrid product, a modular system that provides data center operators with on-site water supply made directly from the air.

Each unit is shipped in a 40-foot container and, according to the company, can produce up to 5,300 gallons of water every day. The company states that due to its modular nature, it can be stacked, allowing for much larger production levels. In the release, the company states that a 50-unit field deployment could produce up to 265,000 gallons per day across less than four acres.

According to Aquaria, the units sit on a concrete pad and can be commissioned in a matter of weeks. They also can be connected to the site's existing water storage and treatment, with no changes to how the facility is cooled. The company also said that the system can be retrofitted onto existing facilities, with developers able to add units as each phase of the campus is constructed, with prices locked in up front, for both new and existing facilities.

The first units are expected to be shipped in Q3 2027, with pilot partners provided with first access. In addition, selected partners are expected to receive site-specific water production modeling and work with Aquaria.

“Water is now a schedule risk and an approval risk,” said Brian Sheng, co-founder and CEO of Aquaria. “Hydrogrid lets developers bring their own water infrastructure with them, scale it with construction, and take that risk off the table.”

Aside from the pilot projects, the company is also launching a community engagement program for developers, hyperscalers, and public officials to support water neutrality and security within communities that host data centers. The program will support deploying units in homes and public buildings near data center campuses, including schools, fire stations, and community centers.

Aquaria was founded in 2021 and has raised more than $117 million in total funding to support the development of its system. The pilot program is its first publicized project focusing specifically on the data center market.

Water reuse and sustainability are becoming a hot-button topic in the sector, especially within the US market, which has seen more than 15 states weigh bans or moratoriums for new data centers this year, with water use cited as a key factor.

As a result, several major hyperscalers have moved to deploy closed-loop cooling systems. In addition, water reuse and recycling companies, such as Gradiant, have developed data center-specific systems to support more efficient water circularity and use.