Data centre infrastructure

Make more of the cooling package ready before it reaches site

Project-specific fluid, commissioning, monitoring and control assemblies for mechanical contractors, cooling specialists and equipment manufacturers.

Liquid-cooled data centres create a large number of product interfaces: hoses, manifolds, valves, quick disconnects, filters, sensors, wiring and controls.

When those items arrive from separate suppliers—or still need to be assembled on site—time, coordination and responsibility become harder to manage.

BM takes responsibility for an agreed product package. We source it, coordinate assembly, define the product tests and provide the documentation needed for delivery and repeat orders.

Aerial view of a large European data-centre campus
A large European data-centre campus with external cooling infrastructure.

Where BM fits

We supply the package. You keep control of the project.

The contractor or equipment manufacturer retains the system design, project approvals, installation and commissioning responsibility. BM manages the agreed product package behind that work.

Customer

Mechanical contractor or equipment manufacturer

Responsible for:

  • System design
  • Project approvals
  • Installation
  • Site coordination
  • Commissioning

BM Group

Responsible for the agreed supply scope:

  • Requirement review
  • Product sourcing
  • Assembly coordination
  • Product testing
  • Identification
  • Documentation
  • Repeat supply

Specialist manufacturers

Provide:

  • Components
  • Fabrication
  • Assembly
  • Specialist production processes
  • Agreed manufacturing tests

Current programme status

Open for project enquiries

We are actively qualifying selected products and manufacturing routes. Some requirements can be addressed using existing industrial products. Others will need configuration, prototypes, testing or project approval.

We will distinguish clearly between what is available now, what needs development and what is not currently a fit.

Fluid connection support

Rack and row connection packages

Start with the connection schedule, layout, drawing or current component list. BM can bring the hoses, manifolds, valves, quick disconnects, adapters, identification, test records and spares into one agreed package.

Typical scope

  • Supply and return hose sets
  • Stainless pipe assemblies
  • Rack and row manifolds
  • Valve packages
  • Quick-disconnect packages
  • Transition pieces and connection adapters
  • Drain and fill connections
  • Replacement hose assemblies
  • Project spares

What this can simplify

  • Fewer loose parts arriving on site
  • Less hose and pipe assembly during installation
  • One agreed build across repeated units
  • Clear supply and return identification
  • Tests agreed before manufacture
  • Replacement parts that can be reordered consistently
  • Staged or call-off deliveries where agreed
Illustrative package

Illustrative example: rack connection package

The final scope depends on the project specification. This is an example of how separate components could be supplied as one package, not a fixed stocked product.

  • Preassembled supply and return hoses
  • Specified quick disconnects and isolation components
  • Supply and return identification
  • Protective caps and project packaging
  • Pressure or leak-test record
  • Component documentation and spare seals
Aerial view of cooling plant, pipework and heat-rejection equipment
From connection hardware to fluid-care equipment, BM helps package the parts needed around the cooling circuit.

Commissioning support

Fill, flush and fluid-care packages

Preparing and maintaining a liquid-cooling circuit involves more than one item of equipment. The cart, hoses, adapters, filters, test instruments, consumables and records need to work together.

Typical scope

  • Fill and flush equipment
  • Filtration equipment
  • Fluid transfer and circulation equipment
  • Connection hoses and adapters
  • Pressure and leak-test equipment
  • Sampling and coolant-testing kits
  • Replacement filters and service kits
  • Contractor-branded packages

What this can simplify

  • Fewer individual items to source
  • Compatible hoses, adapters and consumables
  • A defined filter and spare-parts package
  • Easier repeat ordering
  • Clearer commissioning and maintenance records
Illustrative package

Illustrative example: commissioning package

This is an example of a possible combined package. Final equipment, connections and tests depend on the coolant, system design and project requirements.

  • Mobile fill and flush unit
  • Connection hoses and project-specific adapters
  • Filter set and replacement consumables
  • Flow and pressure indication
  • Sampling and coolant-test equipment
  • Operating checklist and equipment documentation

Monitoring and control

Wiring, sensing and control packages

BM already coordinates outsourced production of electronics, wiring and control assemblies. We are applying that experience to the sensor, pump, valve and monitoring packages around liquid-cooling systems.

Typical scope

  • Sensor wiring harnesses
  • Temperature, pressure and flow sensor packages
  • Leak-detection systems
  • Conductivity and fluid-quality monitoring
  • Pump and valve wiring
  • Preassembled control boxes
  • Labelled terminal assemblies
  • Customer-specific wiring looms
  • Tested electrical subassemblies

What this can simplify

  • Less wiring and termination during installation
  • Fewer separate electrical components to manage
  • Consistent labels and connection points
  • Product testing completed before delivery
  • One component list and wiring record
  • Repeat assemblies for future units
Illustrative package

Illustrative example: cooling control assembly

This example shows the type of assembly BM could coordinate. The controller, components, testing and approvals would be agreed with the customer.

  • Preassembled enclosure with approved controller
  • Power supplies, relays and terminal blocks
  • Labelled internal wiring and external harnesses
  • Electrical test record
  • Component list, wiring diagram and serial identification

Starting points

Four practical ways to begin

A complete specification is not required for the first conversation. Start with the information or product problem you already have.

Send a drawing or BOM

We review the existing specification and identify what BM could supply.

Show us the current product

Send the part number, supplier link, sample or photographs where lead time, service or documentation is causing problems.

Consolidate the package

We assess whether products from several suppliers can arrive as one identified delivery.

Turn site work into a repeat assembly

We look at work repeatedly carried out on site and assess whether it can be built and tested before delivery.

Where we add value

Bring us the difficult part of the package

Talk to us about products that are still assembled on site, split across several suppliers, difficult to reorder or supplied without the records the project requires.

A drawing, bill of materials, existing part number, sample, supplier link, photograph or short description is enough to start.

Confidential project information can be reviewed under a mutual NDA where required.

Rear of a densely connected server rack
Complex rack interfaces are easier to manage when connections, identification and documentation arrive as one package.

Practical answers

Questions from contractors and equipment manufacturers

Are these products already available?

BM is qualifying the first products and manufacturing routes now. Some requirements can be met using existing products; others will need configuration, prototyping or project approval. We will explain the status before proposing a solution.

Can BM work with brands or components already specified?

Yes. Where the project specifies a manufacturer, material, connection type or component standard, BM can assess a package built around those requirements.

Can BM work from our drawing or bill of materials?

Yes. We can also begin with a sample, current part number, supplier link, photographs or an existing assembly problem.

Can BM support prototypes or initial production quantities?

Where the requirement is technically and commercially viable, BM can assess a prototype, sample batch or initial production quantity before repeat supply.

Can products be supplied under our label?

Private-label and contractor-branded options may be available in selected categories, depending on the manufacturer, volume, compliance and documentation requirements.

Does BM install or commission the products?

No. BM supplies the agreed product and assembly package. The customer and its appointed contractors retain responsibility for system design, application approval, installation and site commissioning.

Bring us the requirement—not a polished brief

Send the information you already have. We will tell you whether it fits our model, what is missing and what the next practical step would be.

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