Zero-Water-Consumption Data Center Commissioned

Black & Veatch completed commissioning oversight for what it says is the first zero-water-consumption commercial data center.

Nautilus Data Technologies retained Black & Veatch to conduct a third-party due diligence report and commissioning oversight at its 7 MW Northern California data center, located in the Port of Stockton. Black & Veatch verified the cooling, electrical and machinery systems functioned as designed.

Nautilus develops data centers that use its patented TRUE (total resource usage effectiveness) technology to use recirculated water from a nearby ocean, river or lake to cool the data center environment. Utilizing a body of water as a heat sink, the facility consumes no water; produces no wastewater; and requires no refrigerants or water treatment chemicals, cooling towers or computer-room air handlers.

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Avoiding scale, corrosion and microbiological growth — all of which diminish effective heat transfer — is the focus of any water treatment approach for water-contacted process heating and cooling equipment.