Uravu FromAir Water-Positive Cooling (Clausius Platform)

Uravu Labs Private Limited is an Indian company based in Bengaluru that develops water-positive cooling: systems that use low-grade waste heat to produce water instead of consuming it. Its first-of-a-kind Water FromAir plant in Bengaluru runs 24×7 with 4,000 litres per day capacity, and in 2026 it joined the seventh cohort of the Imagine H2O Asia accelerator.

The Clausius platform works in three steps: a proprietary liquid salt absorbs water vapour from ambient air, even in dry regions; the moisture-rich salt is regenerated with 35 to 60°C waste heat from servers, chillers or industrial processes; and the system returns chilled facility water to the cooling loop while delivering distilled water as a by-product. For AI data centres each 150 kW module yields about 3,000 litres of water per day and replaces part of the chiller, cooling tower or dry cooler capacity. Target users include hyperscale and colocation data centres, pharma, distilleries, green hydrogen, chemicals, tropical buildings and maritime HVAC.

• Liquid desiccant harvesting: a proprietary liquid salt absorbs water vapour from air across a wide humidity range.
• Waste-heat regeneration: the desiccant is regenerated with 35 to 60°C heat from servers, immersion loops, chillers or processes.
• Dual output: returns chilled water to the facility loop and delivers distilled water as a by-product.
• Modular sizing: 150 kW modules producing about 3,000 litres per day, scaling linearly to multi-megawatt arrays in 20 ft containers.
• Site configurator: online tool for climate-based sizing, TCO and payback with a shareable PDF.
• Water-impact map: free public map of data centre water stress based on WRI Aqueduct data.

Data centre developers in Vietnam can pilot FromAir modules on immersion-cooled AI halls to reduce cooling tower water draw. Pharmaceutical and beverage plants with 40 to 60°C process heat can produce distilled water on site. Commercial buildings in hot, humid cities can integrate the system with HVAC to lower chiller load.

The company states that integrating FromAir can cut chiller load by 10 to 80% and use 60 to 80% less electricity than equivalent chilling capacity, with payback of 3 to 5 years depending on climate and load. Facilities can reach negative water usage effectiveness because they produce distilled water rather than evaporating it. Modules scale linearly from 150 kW, and a pilot module can be delivered in 6 to 8 weeks.

AI workloads are driving rapid data centre construction across Southeast Asia, including Johor, Batam and Vietnam, while water use for evaporative cooling is drawing scrutiny and some jurisdictions have paused projects over water concerns. Operators are looking for cooling options that reduce both electricity and water footprints and can turn waste heat into a resource.

Uravu Labs Private Limited is registered in Bengaluru, India, where it operates a 4,000 litres per day Water FromAir plant. Its website shows recognition logos from Third Derivative, UNIDO, Hub71 and Imagine H2O, and it was selected for Imagine H2O Asia Cohort 7 in April 2026. Systems carry a standard 12-month warranty. The founding year is not stated on the website.