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Microsoft datacenters in Datacenters provide the physical infrastructure for the
Mexico technology we depend on at work and in our personal lives
A datacenter building houses thousands of Datacenters are part of
computer servers and data storage devices everyday life
connected to the internet
Whenever you open an app on your phone, join a
virtual classroom or meeting, snap and save
These buildings are similar in size and appearance to a photos, or play a game with your friends online,
distribution warehouse. you are using a datacenter.
Microsoft aims to build datacenters that are best in
class in performance, reliability, safety, aesthetics, and
sustainability.
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shopping
Compared to many other industrial facilities,
datacenters do not create significant noise pollution or
have a significant impact on traffic flow or congestion.
Online File storage Streaming
Microsoft operates more than 300 datacenters in over banking videos
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Microsoft datacenters create local Taxes from Microsoft datacenter
operations represent important revenue
operations and construction jobs for national, regional, and local
governments
Microsoft datacenters in Mexico currently employ 17 people.
We estimate it will take approximately 13.5 million work hours and more Microsoft datacenters represent a capital-intensive investment
than 3,309 jobs during peak construction to complete construction of the and long-term commitment to the community. This investment
new datacenters. grows the commercial property tax base, increasing revenue for
By the end of 2026, we project 51 full-time employees and contractors will municipal services that benefit local citizens.
work across all operational facilities. Examples of country, provincial, and local taxes that support
cities, municipal services, schools, and colleges include:
Datacenter operations Construction jobs
• Campus management • Electricians
• People management • Plumbers and pipefitters Property taxes
• Learning and development • Carpenters Collected annually once land is purchased.
• IT operations • Structural iron and steel workers
• Mechanical engineers • Concrete workers
• Electrical engineers • Earth movers Indirect taxes
• Security contractors From construction and operation expenses.
• Building maintenance Examples include VAT, GST, and sales tax.
• Critical environments Published April 2024.
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Income taxes information we have as of the
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From construction and operations workers.
estimated information and
projections. The information is
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Microsoft is investing in local priorities in Mexico
Microsoft community investments support community-identified
priorities across 5 projects in Mexico.
Investing in people of all ages through local Training the digital skill trainers for
skill-building programs local impact
Through the Microsoft Global Skilling Initiative, Microsoft
Teaching about microenterprises and self-employment Philanthropies works in collaboration with Querétaro State to
In partnership with the Secretariat of Economy, we have trained nearly train job seekers in digital skills. In addition, in partnership with
7,000 people in Microsoft Technology Workshops on microenterprises Queretaro´s Secretariat of Labor and public universities, the
and self-employment. Microsoft joined the “Secretary of Economy Microsoft Train the Trainers initiative helped more than 2,500
Technology Week” with over 2,700 participants and about 400 students to perform their mandatory social service as instructors.
diplomas delivered. The local Employability Service used these students trained as
instructors to help the job seekers attached to the Service. More
than 6,520 final beneficiaries have been trained by the student
instructors and the Employability Service reports that to date,
more than 1,956 people have found employment.
Providing basic education and digital skills
Microsoft partnered with Construyendo y Creciendo to implement
mobile classrooms near our datacenters in Querétaro, Mexico to Published April 2024.
provide basic education and digital skills training to 400 people. The This document shares
program focuses on using technology as a mechanism to strengthen information we have as of the
skills for employment. publication date, and it includes
estimated information and
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provided as is and may change
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Microsoft global CARBON WATER WASTE ECOSYSTEMS
commitments Microsoft pledged to In 2020, Microsoft pledged In 2020, Microsoft announced Microsoft has committed to
become carbon negative by to be water positive for our enhanced goals for waste protecting more land than
2030 and to remove direct operations by 2030. reduction, circular supply we use for direct operations
historical carbon since its chains, and zero-waste by 2025.
Through this commitment, we
1975 founding by 2050. certification. We are working
will replenish the water Microsoft is committed to
Microsoft will reduce Scope 1 towards our goal of 90
consumed by datacenter community investment,
and 2 emissions to near zero percent reuse and recycle of
operations in water-stressed pollution remediation, and fair
through energy efficiency servers and components by
regions. economic inclusion initiatives,
work and by reaching 100 2025 through our first-of-a-
as well as investment in clean
percent renewable energy kind Microsoft Circular
energy, broadband access, and
coverage by 2025. Centers.
water replenishment
Microsoft has also committed Microsoft is using circular initiatives.
by 2030 to: economy principles in our
datacenters by implementing
• Be free of diesel.
reuse and comprehensive
• Match 100 percent of recycling programs.
electricity consumption,
100 percent of the time,
with zero-carbon energy
By 2030, Microsoft
purchases.
datacenters will
• Reduce our Scope 3 be zero waste
emissions by more
than half.
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Mexico CARBON WATER WASTE
Datacenter operations
sustainability investments We’ve committed to have 100%
renewable energy coverage globally
Our facilities use direct evaporative
cooling (DEC). DEC uses water for
Globally, Microsoft reuses or recycles
90%+ of end-of-life assets.
by 2025. cooling less than 5% of the year.
Microsoft is conducting research and
We’re committed to providing a In Mexico, our datacenters will be Datacenter cooling water is typically not development to improve waste
sustainable Microsoft Cloud, so we designed for our backup generators to treated with any chemicals or diversion and increased recycling
wanted to share information about be powered by a renewable biofuel additives. efficiency by identifying new recycling
how we take responsibility for our that reduces net carbon emissions. solutions for used air filters and fiber
When quality of the available water is
datacenter operations. optic cables.
not adequate for use in cooling systems,
water treatment is pursued in the same
For Microsoft datacenters located in
way municipal drinking water is treated
Mexico we have included local to remove excessive hardness or to
sustainability investments and prevent harmful bacterial growth.
datapoints in support of meeting and
Water from our cooling systems is
exceeding our commitments around
discharged back to the local wastewater
carbon, water, waste, and ecosystems.
utility treatment plant, following local
regulations.
This system is highly efficient, using less
electricity and a fraction of water
used by other water-based cooling
systems, such as cooling towers.
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PUE and WUE
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