Balmoral Tanks strengthens data centre market position as export sales double year-on-year

Balmoral Tanks, a Balmoral Group company and a leading provider of innovative and reliable bulk liquid storage solutions, has expanded its footprint in the global data centre market. Projects now account for approximately 20% of export sales – double last year’s share – reflecting growing demand for engineered water storage and cooling solutions.

As global data centre expansion accelerates – with an estimated 10 GW of new capacity starting construction this year and global investment expected to rise by roughly 25-30% – the industry faces growing scrutiny over its environmental impact, particularly around water use and supply.

Across Europe, North America and Latin America, developers are under mounting pressure to design facilities that use resources responsibly. And these pressures are prompting consultants and operators to rethink system design – not only in terms of energy consumption, but also how cooling and protection systems manage water use.

Simon Scott, Export Sales Director at Balmoral Tanks, said: “The scale and speed of global data centre growth are creating new kinds of pressure for the industry. This is no longer just an engineering challenge – it’s a resource challenge. As regulations tighten and community concerns around water use increase, the industry needs to plan differently. Reliability and sustainability must be designed in from the outset, not added later. That requires closer collaboration between consultants, operators and suppliers from the onset to ensure tomorrow’s facilities can perform efficiently, responsibly and at scale.”

As data centres expand in scale and complexity, the challenge lies in balancing operational reliability with responsible resource use. Cooling and fire-protection systems depend heavily on water, yet supply and sustainability concerns are tightening around both. Closed-loop systems – where cooling water is continually treated, recycled and returned – are emerging as a key solution, cutting consumption while maintaining stable performance. Achieving this at scale requires early collaboration between design engineers, consultants and specialist partners.

Ross Waite, Export Sales Manager at Balmoral Tanks, added: “When people think about data centres, the focus usually falls on how to power them. But how we cool them is just as important – and that’s where we’re seeing growing engagement from consultants and developers. The priority is shifting from basic compliance to engineering systems that deliver reliability, efficiency and lower environmental impact over the long term. Closed-loop and water-reuse designs must now be central to that shift, and Balmoral’s engineering expertise helps ensure the storage systems behind them are safe, robust and built for demanding environments.”

With more than a decade of experience supplying water storage systems for data centre projects across Europe, Balmoral’s engineered solutions support a range of critical functions, including fire protection, process cooling, potable and rainwater reuse.