Data Centres Water Treatment
Data Centres – Tailored Water and Wastewater Treatment
Modern data centres depend on reliable water treatment systems to enable efficient cooling. Water quality directly affects system performance, energy use, and uptime. Hydroflux provides advanced water and wastewater treatment systems that protect assets, minimise downtime, and support sustainability goals for hyperscale, edge, and colocation facilities.
Why Effective Water Treatment Matters
Cooling systems rely on water to transfer heat from IT equipment. Without proper treatment, impurities cause corrosion, scale, and biofouling that reduce heat-exchange efficiency and equipment life. Poor water management can lead to higher operating costs, unplanned shutdowns, and compliance risks.
Common Water Quality Challenges
- High total dissolved solids and hardness
- pH imbalance and corrosion potential
- Microbiological growth, including Legionella
- Suspended solids and fouling from airborne dust
- Variable water quality between make-up, blowdown, and reuse streams
Treatment Techniques
Effective water treatment in data centres focuses on maintaining consistent water chemistry across make-up, recirculating, and blowdown streams. The goal is to protect cooling infrastructure, reduce water consumption, and maximise thermal efficiency. Treatment systems are designed for reliability and redundancy, with automated monitoring and control to maintain stable operation under varying load and environmental conditions.
- Filtration to remove suspended solids and debris
- Chemical dosing for pH, corrosion, scale, and microbial control
- UV or ozone disinfection to control bacteria and biofilm
- Side-stream filtration to maintain clean cooling-loop water
- Reverse osmosis or softening where high-purity make-up water is required
No operations and processes are identical, and as such, we believe in the importance of tailored solutions. We work closely with each operation to develop optimised treatment solutions that are uniquely designed to suit site conditions and operational needs.
Best Practices
Implementing best practices ensures long-term reliability and efficiency of cooling systems. A proactive approach to monitoring and maintenance prevents scaling, corrosion, and biological fouling before they impact performance. Data-driven insights from continuous monitoring help operators adjust treatment programs in real time, maintaining compliance and extending equipment life.
- Continuous monitoring of key water-quality parameters
- Routine maintenance and cleaning of cooling systems
- Periodic review of treatment programs and chemistry
- Partnering with experienced water-treatment specialists for tailored design
Hydroflux Expertise
Hydroflux designs and builds complete systems for make-up, side-stream, and blowdown treatment, including filtration, chemical dosing, and remote monitoring. Our stainless-steel skids are modular and scalable, suited for staged expansion and redundancy requirements typical of data-centre operations.
Example Technologies
- HyPURE® filtration, softening, and reverse-osmosis systems
- Chemical dosing and control skids for corrosion and scale inhibition
- HyCONNECT® for remote monitoring, alarms, and trend reporting
Sustainable Outcomes
- Reduced water consumption through higher cycles of concentration
- Improved cooling efficiency and asset longevity
- Verified compliance with environmental and safety standards
- Carbon-neutral options for treatment chemicals and operations
Delivering Tailored Engineering Solutions with Uncompromising Standards
Hydroflux specialises in integrating our high standards for system design and safety with site-specific engineering requirements, prioritising our customers’ requirements above all else. This commitment ensures that each project achieves the best possible outcome. We pride ourselves on having dedicated in-house teams across our offices, including:
Our in-house capabilities uniquely position us to take your project from design right through to installation and commissioning and provide continued technical support and chemical supply. Each team and department is closely integrated, providing a full understanding of design impacts on process efficiency and CAPEX and OPEX costs for each operation. Our familiarity and experience with industry standards in general, including safety, civil, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and automation, means we produce a compliant and optimised design from the start of the project.
Packaged Deployable Products for Data Centres
To simplify installation and operations, Hydroflux offers containerised and skid-mounted solutions. These compact, pre-engineered systems are designed for rapid deployment, making them ideal for locations with limited infrastructure or simply just for convenience.
Please view the animation of a containerised RO system for more details.
Certified WHS, Environmental and Risk Management Systems for Peace of Mind
With a team of qualified civil, mechanical, chemical, and electrical engineers, as well as experienced project managers, site supervisors, commissioning engineers, and service technicians, Hydroflux offers flexible contract options, ranging from equipment design and supply to full turnkey installations with expert execution at every stage. All projects are conducted under externally approved occupational health and safety and environmental management systems.
Our offices across Australia provide a strong local presence, ensuring seamless project management from design through to installation. Additionally, Hydroflux offers post-installation routine service contracts to maintain system performance and longevity.
Comprehensive Support for Data Centre Water & Wastewater Treatment Plants
Beyond system design and installation, Hydroflux offers chemical optimisation, preventative maintenance, biological plant modelling, and remote monitoring, ensuring long-term reliability and performance for every plant.
Chemical Optimisation
Hydroflux offers a comprehensive range of chemical solutions, including coagulants, antiscalants, acids/alkalis, oxidising/reducing agents, and proprietary cleaning and sanitising products. These chemicals are formulated to optimise process water feed conditioning before and after treatment or enhance the performance of your wastewater treatment plant. Our chemists work closely with the project delivery team to develop a site-specific chemical program that ensures maximum treatment efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
Preventative Maintenance & Service
To guarantee consistent performance from day one, Hydroflux provides customised service and maintenance programs. Our engineers and technicians discuss preventative maintenance strategies during the construction phase, offering routine service, periodic overhauls, and full plant operation support. Our service team is available 24/7 to respond to unforeseen breakdowns, ensuring uninterrupted plant operation.
Remote Monitoring
All Hydroflux process water treatment plants come equipped with our proprietary HyCONNECT™ remote monitoring system, providing instant online technical support and troubleshooting. For remote locations with limited connectivity, we offer specialty monitoring solutions to ensure continuous system oversight. No matter where your facility is located, Hydroflux specialists are just a call away, ready to assist with real-time diagnostics and performance optimisation.
Sustainable Solutions
As Australia’s first certified carbon-neutral water and wastewater chemical supply and service business, we focus on sustainability. Developing and delivering sustainable solutions for treatment plant operation and maintenance is at the core of what we do. Our equipment is the most sustainable in the ANZ-Pacific market and is also carbon-neutral. Click here to find out what this means for you.
