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Data Centres

Data Centres worldwide trust Nalco Water for critical water management strategies and programmes that support their uptime and sustainability goals. From site selection through daily operations, we offer solutions, services and programmes to help data centres meet today’s demand and be well positioned for the future.

Data Centre Water: Facts and Figures

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68.7 Gallons
(260 Liters)
The amount of water used to binge-watch a single season of your favorite TV series.
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174 Billion Gallons
(658 Billion Liters)
The total water usage by U.S. data centres in 2020 — equal to the annual drinking water needs of more than 601 million people.
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50X
The amount by which the world’s data is expected to grow in the next decade.
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1.8m3/hour
The amount of water needed to cool one 8KW server rack.

Real-World Success Stories

We help data centres improve sustainability and maximise uptime and water savings at every stage of the facility life cycle. Learn more about our data centre solutions, strategies and programmes:

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Optimizing Safe Water at SAP Data Centres

SAP minimizes risks and avoids unexpected costs at its data centres worldwide.

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Reducing Potable Water Use with Microsoft

Microsoft data centre reduces potable water use by 220.7 million liters per year.

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Helping a Data Centre Achieve Its Water Reduction Goal

Data centre reduces annual water use by 11 million liters.

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Cooling Water Management

Optimise critical data centre cooling assets to maximise operational availability and minimise carbon footprint.

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Life Cycle Management

Solve end-to-end data centre water management challenges from site selection and design through post-treatment 

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Critical Hygiene Solutions

Customize a data centre programme to support safe and healthy environments for your staff and customers. 

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Constantly Innovating to Help You Meet Your Enterprise-Wide Sustainability Goals

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Water Risk Monetizer

Helping businesses understand water-related risks.

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Smart Water Navigator
Smart Water Navigator

Helping brands reach their water reduction goals.

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Water Flow Intelligence

Uncover water savings opportunities via real-time visibility and data-driven insights.

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