Colocation Data Center Chilled Water Tanks: Shared Infrastructure and Tenant Metering

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Place of Origin: China
Brand Name: CEC TANKS
Certification: ISO 9001:2008, AWWA D103 , OSHA , BSCI
Model Number: J2016012316
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Certification ISO 9001:2008, AWWA D103 , OSHA , BSCI Model Number J2016012316
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Colocation Data Center Chilled Water Tanks

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Glass Fused Steel Chilled Water Tanks

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Shared Infrastructure Tenant Metering Tanks

Product Description

Colocation Data Center Chilled Water Tanks: Shared Infrastructure and Tenant Metering

Colocation data centers share cooling infrastructure across tenants, which changes how a chilled water or TES tank is justified and metered. The savings from storage may benefit the operator, not the tenant who pays per kW, so the business case and the tank design both shift. This article covers TES in a shared, multi-tenant context.

A colocation data center chilled water tank serves a shared cooling plant where multiple tenants draw cooling under separate metering. The TES or buffer tank is justified by the operator's plant efficiency and demand-charge savings, while tenant billing depends on how cooling is allocated, so the tank design must support fair, measurable distribution rather than per-tenant ownership.
Shared plant, split incentives

In a colo, the operator owns the chiller plant and the tank; tenants buy cooling by allocated kW or by space. A TES tank that shaves the operator's demand charge may not appear on a tenant's bill directly, so the operator carries the capital case. The Singapore buffer tank (2020, 3,462 m3) served a shared process duty, analogous to shared-infrastructure storage, not a data-center project.

  • Operator owns plant and tank.
  • Tenants metered per allocation.
  • Operator carries TES capital case.
  • Savings may not reach tenant bill.
Metering and allocation

For the tank to be defensible, cooling draw must be measurable per tenant. That means metered branches and an allocation rule (by IT load, by floor, or by contract), so the shared reserve is accounted, not assumed. The tank itself is neutral; the metering makes it fair.

  • Metered branches per tenant.
  • Allocation rule defined up front.
  • Shared reserve accounted, not assumed.
  • Metering makes the tank fair.
Design for shared duty

A shared tank serves aggregate load with redundancy for the whole site, sized like a single-tenant plant but with margin for mixed tenant profiles. The Italy Sardinia tank (2025, 30,549 m3) is a large coated tank we delivered for process duty, analogous evidence of build scale, not a data-center project.

  • Sized for aggregate site load.
  • Margin for mixed tenant profiles.
  • Redundancy for whole site.
  • Neutral shared asset.
Where TES fits the colo case

The operator's demand-charge and tariff arbitrage remain the strongest TES drivers; tenant-facing benefits are indirect (stability, capacity headroom). The table contrasts owner versus tenant view.

  • Operator: demand charge and tariff.
  • Tenant: stability, headroom.
  • Indirect tenant benefit.
  • Operator holds the case.

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TES driver

Benefit

Operator

Demand charge

Lower bill

Tenant

Stability

Capacity headroom

Plant

Peak shaving

Smaller chillers

Honest boundaries on our references

We have no data-center colocation tank in this library. The shared and large tanks cited (Singapore 3,462 m3, Italy Sardinia 30,549 m3) are analogous industrial and process deliveries, not data-center projects.

  • No colo DC tank in library.
  • Citations analogous, not claims.
  • Shared-duty build is real.
  • Metering design needs your spec.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who pays for the TES tank in a colo?

The operator, who owns the shared plant; tenants usually see the benefit indirectly through stability and capacity headroom rather than a direct bill credit.

How is shared cooling metered?

Through metered branches per tenant and a defined allocation rule (by IT load, floor, or contract) so the shared reserve is accounted.

Is a colo tank sized differently?

It serves aggregate site load with margin for mixed tenant profiles, and needs redundancy for the whole site rather than a single tenant.

Does TES help tenants directly?

Mostly indirectly: the operator's demand-charge and tariff savings, plus stability and capacity headroom, are the visible tenant benefits.

Can tenants opt into the tank?

Not usually as owners; they benefit as users of the shared plant. Per-tenant TES would require separate, metered loops.

Have you built this for data centers?

Not in our project library. We cite shared and large tanks at other clients as analogous capability, not data-center deliveries.

Colocation TES is a shared-infrastructure problem: the operator owns the tank and carries the capital case from demand-charge and tariff savings, while tenants benefit indirectly through stability and headroom. The defining design requirement is metering and allocation, so the shared reserve is accounted per tenant rather than assumed. Size for aggregate site load with margin for mixed profiles, and let the metering, not the steel, make the tank fair.

Suggested CTA: Describe your colo tenant mix and metering model and we will design a shared chilled-water or TES tank with the allocation-ready branching you need.

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