Smart Water Infrastructure: How Modern Commercial Buildings & IT Parks Avoid
Expensive Uptime Losses When a pipe bursts on the fifth floor of a tech park at 2 a.m., the first casualty is not always the flooring. It is the server room. And after that, the business continuity plan, the SLA commitments, and someone’s job. Water-related downtime in commercial and IT infrastructure is one of those risks that rarely appears in boardroom conversations until it is far too late. That is changing, and fast. The Real Cost of Ignoring Water Infrastructure The management in facility operations has always considered the water system to be a passive service. However, buildings and information technology parks use water on an industrial level; they require a constant flow of water supply, such as cooling towers, HVAC units, firefighting systems , sanitation systems, and data centers. An undetected leak in a pipe can cost a lot in terms of utility bills and compromise the structure of the building. A pressure failure in a cooling loop can spike server temperatures within ...