Bray’s Solutions in Data Centres: Precision and Reliability for Mission Critical Cooling

Data Centre Cooling: Where Precision Meets Performance

Modern data centres, particularly Tier III and Tier IV classified sites, are under intense pressure to maintain perfect thermal conditions. Cooling accounts for up to 40% of total power usage in these facilities, which is why efficient hydronic cooling systems are essential. Bray’s valve solutions are designed to reduce pumping costs, improve power usage effectiveness (PUE), and help facilities meet increasingly strict sustainability goals.

Bray provides a full range of cooling system valves, including bidirectional high-performance butterfly valves, characterised control ball valves, and pressure-independent control valves (PICV), ensuring tight shutoff, high rangeability, and accurate modulation. These valves are integral to critical applications such as cooling tower and chiller isolation, air handling units (AHUs), computer room air handlers (CRAHs), rack server cooling, and heat exchangers.
 

Supporting the Global Shift Toward Energy Efficiency

Bray's solutions are not only about performance, but also about meeting the global imperative for energy efficiency and decarbonisation. As the EU and other global regions push to decarbonise heating and cooling systems, Bray’s equipment helps integrate renewable energy sources, such as geothermal or cogeneration, and even enables the reuse of surplus energy and waste heat. In water-cooled data centre applications, Bray valves help reduce pump energy use significantly.

With high Kv values that minimize system pressure loss and lower operational costs, Bray valves play a vital role in building sustainable, future-ready data centre environments.
 

Meeting Uptime Requirements with Precision Valve Engineering

Uptime is the number one priority in mission-critical infrastructure. According to the Uptime Institute, many Tier III and IV facilities struggle with compliance due to the incorrect placement or insufficient quantity of isolation valves in chilled water distribution systems. Bray addresses this challenge with high dead-end service rated valves, enabling more efficient system design and helping meet concurrent maintenance criteria.

Whether installed in pump skids, CRAC/CRAH units, or water treatment systems, Bray's valves support 24/7 operational readiness with zero-leakage capabilities and materials engineered for long-term use—even in harsh environments involving chilled water (glycol), sea water, or ultra-pure water.