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25 Jul 2025 by Saint-Gobain
Data centres have evolved into critical infrastructure that powers modern businesses and technology ecosystems. They serve as centralised hubs for storing, managing, and processing vast amounts of data, enabling seamless operations and connectivity across industries. From cloud computing and artificial intelligence to digital services and supply chain management, they have become an indispensable component of the digital economy.
Given the sensitive equipment and critical operations housed within these facilities, ensuring their safety, efficiency, and durability is non-negotiable. This necessitates employing advanced data centre solutions that integrate fire protection, insulation, heavy-duty flooring, and water/moisture ingress prevention, among other things. Read on to learn more about some common challenges in data centre management and how state-of-the-art materials can address them effectively.
Data centres face unique demands that require innovative, high-performance solutions. With the right expertise, advanced materials, and industry best practices, it is possible to make modern data centres safer and more efficient. Let’s take a closer look at four common challenges and how to address them effectively through advanced data centre solutions.
Electrical systems and regular high energy usage significantly increase fire risks within data centres. A short circuit or any other fire incident can lead to catastrophic data loss and business disruptions. Therefore, it is crucial to have correct mechanisms in place to mitigate potential risks.
Products like Fireline® offer up to 2 hours of fire resistance, minimising conflagration and ensuring structural integrity during emergencies. These pink gypsum plasterboards are durable, simple to install, and ideal for wall partitions, ceilings, and wall linings to enhance fire protection. Made with 100% natural gypsum, these boards come with fibreglass and microsilica in the core for added high-temperature resistance. This is an environmentally friendly product certified by the Singapore Green Building Council. Backed by local fire certifications, Fireline® gypsum boards excel as a robust data centre solution for fire protection.
If you are looking to secure your data centre with a non-combustible product with low fire propagation that complies with BS EN 520, FireLine® is the data centre solution you are looking for.
It is essential to note that other mechanisms, like installing advanced fire suppression systems such as water mist solutions, can provide rapid response to fire hazards if/when they occur. Adhering to fire safety standards and conducting regular audits are also equally important to ensure legal compliance and optimal safety measures. Following these measures will enable you to safeguard equipment and operations.
The constant operation of servers and other equipment generates a significant amount of heat, making efficient temperature regulation within data centres crucial to preventing overheating, cutting down on energy costs, and prolonging hardware lifespan. As research indicates, effective insulation can save up to 46% in heating and cooling losses. High-quality insulation is a smart choice for anyone seeking to reduce their carbon footprint while saving money.
KIMMCO-ISOVER Glasswool and Rockinsul Stonewool are highly effective at minimising heat transfer, maintaining stable internal temperatures, and preventing thermal hotspots. Furthermore, they also provide the added benefit of acoustic insulation, critical for environments with mechanical noises. These insulation solutions significantly reduce energy consumption, cutting operational costs and boosting sustainability. Their non-combustible nature helps enhance safety while ensuring consistent temperature conditions for extended hardware lifespan.
KIMMCO-ISOVER Glasswool comes as an extensive product range covering everything from self-adhesive glass wool to high-density glass mineral wool slabs for floors and walls. They come with the following benefits:
KIMMCO Rockinsul RB boards are semi-rigid boards made with stable stone fibres and thermosetting resin and boast a melting point of 1000 degrees Celsius, making them suitable for a range of demanding industrial applications. The Rockinsul RB Slabs can withstand extreme temperatures up to 750 degrees Celsius and are suitable for thermal, acoustic, and fire safety applications. They come with the following benefits.
Lightweight, strong, resilient, easy to install, and can be easily cut into intricate shapes
These slabs are ideal for environments seeking high fire resistance, such as data centres, and they can be used to insulate interior walls, roofs, floors, and HVAC ducts.
Data centres must support the heavy static and dynamic loads of servers, cooling systems, and other infrastructure. This calls for robust flooring solutions, as regular flooring often can fail, resulting in damage and disruptions.
Weberfloor EP 520 SLAS, an epoxy self-levelling floor system, offers robust support for heavy equipment, ensuring long-term durability. Its epoxy-based composition is abrasion-resistant and provides excellent protection against wear and tear from significant foot traffic and equipment movement. The floor's anti-static properties help safeguard sensitive electronics against electrostatic discharge (ESD). Highly suitable for clean rooms, labs, and electronic plants The Weberfloor EP520 SLAS is an ideal fit for data centres too.
In facilities housing critical equipment like servers and generators, it is crucial to ensure that rooms are fully sealed and adequately climate-controlled. Water, moisture, and air ingress can damage sensitive electronics, leading to short circuits, corrosion, and downtime. Therefore, all seams and cracks must be meticulously sealed to achieve a gas, air, and watertight environment. As moisture and electronics don’t go well together, it is crucial to use quality data centre solutions to safeguard these valuable assets.
Weberdry TPO is a thermoplastic polyolefin anti-puncture waterproof membrane that comes with excellent strength, making it suitable for applications that require long-term durability, high water resistance, and great flexibility at low temperatures. Click here for more information.
If you are in the market for a more cementitious option, then Weberdry ES 100 is for you. Weberdry ES 100 is a two-component, latex-modified, waterproofing coating that is ideal for irregular surfaces and tight spaces, providing a seamless barrier against moisture. Learn more.
Weberdry HDPE is another strong and effective waterproofing solution made with high-density polyethylene (HDPE) sheets, a high-polymer self-adhesive layer, and an anti-adhesitive release liner. Suitable for underground floors and side walls, these sheets come with excellent bonding strength. Some other notable benefits include:
Suitable for floors and side walls in underground tunnels, this multi-layer waterproof composite membrane serves well as an advanced data centre solution for underground/ basement data centres.
Outside of the above three flooring products, using quality sealant also goes a long way when it comes to ensuring optimal conditions for data centres. Sealants like Weberseal Silicone NC and Weberseal MS protect joints and gaps, offering excellent adhesion, elasticity, and resistance to weathering.
Weberseal MS is an elastomeric joint sealant that is tough and durable for a wide range of indoor and outdoor building applications. Ideal for sealing various substrates, including aluminium, copper, brass, zinc, wood, glass, stainless steel, concrete, and many more, this modified silicone polymer offers excellent weather and UV resistance. This sealant provides reliable environmental control for sensitive equipment.
Another favourite option, when it comes to reliable sealing, is Weberseal Silicone NC. This multi-purpose, neutral-cure silicone sealant works well on a wide range of substrates, including glass, metal, slate, marble, and mortar substrates. It also works well on plastic surfaces but is not suitable for PP and PE resin substrates.
By integrating fire-resistant materials, thermal insulation, heavy-duty flooring, and advanced waterproofing and sealing systems, data centres can not only enhance protection against fire and water damage but also improve energy efficiency, the longevity of equipment and systems, and ensure operational reliability.
Creating a safe and efficient data centre requires a holistic approach to its design and infrastructure. Products like Fireline, Weberfloor EP 520 SLAS, Weberdry HDPE, Weberseal Silicone NC, Weberseal MS, and KIMMCO-ISOVER Glasswool/Rockinsul Stonewool offer unparalleled solutions to address these challenges. These advanced data centre solutions will ensure your data centre is secure, efficient, and built to last.
Explore these products today with Saint Gobain to create safer and more sustainable operational environments. Unsure of which products and materials fit your requirements? Contact us for the best construction solutions in town and our experts will get in touch with you!
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