A data center in Offenbach, Germany, recently suffered a water leak.
Located in the industrial park on Lämmerspieler Weg, some cooling water leaked out of the facility during the commissioning process.
The cooling water has seeped into the soil and may reach the groundwater, though according to the City of Offenbach, there is no danger to the population.
The city went on to explain that the leak originated in the pipe system on the roof, where it entered the ground beneath the building via a rainwater infiltration system. The cooling water reportedly contains a "low concentration of additives for corrosion protection and preservation" and two of the substances in it are considered hazardous.
Following the leak, the cooling fluid was pumped out of the building but some leaking into the ground was unavoidable.
The composition of the groundwater will be "continuously analyzed" at various points to garner an idea of any impact of the leak. Should measurements show higher values in the groundwater, the city of Offenbach will inform the relevant authorities. There are no District Water Supply Association drinking water wells in the area, the nearest being 1.5 kilometers away.
While the data center is not named, CloudHQ is developing a campus along Lämmerspieler Weg. The campus is set to feature two data centers with a total of 1.16 million sq ft (108,371 sqm) and will offer 112MW of IT capacity.
DCD has contacted CloudHQ for comment.
Offenbach is located just east of Frankfurt, one of the FLAPD's major data center markets. Vantage, Main Cubes, and MightyCare DC also have data centers in the area.
